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The Secret Teachings of Jesus: Four Gnostic Gospels
by
Marvin Meyer
In December
1945, two Egyptian fellahin, digging for natural fertilizer in the Nile
River valley unearthed a sealed storage jar. The jar proved to hold
treasure of an unexpected sort: a collection of some fifty-two ancient
manuscripts, most of which reflect the teachings of a mystical religious
movement we call Gnosticism (from the Greek word gnosis, "knowledge").
The text...more
Paperback, 129 pages
Published
January 27th 2012
by Vintage
(first published 1984)
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Although
the title smacks a bit of the lure of the forbidden, or some sort of
scandalous and salacious content, I was impressed by how often the
material in the gospels made sense. I think that often persons who are
exposed to mainstream Christianity are turned off by the emotional and
often narrow approach to dealing with figuring out what to believe.
Orthodoxy rules the day, and not just with Christianity. It's easy to
believe that the less heard of belief systems (those not in control over
th...more
Interesting
texts.The Secret Book of James, The Gospel of Thomas & The Book of
Thomas are presented as "things Jesus said." and there are deep kernels
of truth, as well as many commonly known "sayings, teaching and
stories." The Secret Book of John, well, it seems to be this esoteric
creation story, that appears to be based in Zoroastrianism. I found it
impossible to follow, but was reading it, rather than trying to study
it. It dicussed many layers of gods and spirits, angels, demons and se...more
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Its pretty
easy to see why these were rejected as heretical. They were somewhat
interesting to see a different view point, but mainly from a historical
viewpoint.
I had trouble getting past the translators choice to translate "Son of Man" to "child of humanity", it bugged me every time I saw it and it make me instantly distrust the translation of other parts.
I had trouble getting past the translators choice to translate "Son of Man" to "child of humanity", it bugged me every time I saw it and it make me instantly distrust the translation of other parts.
The Secret Book of John was the best - VERY interesting!!
I gave this
book a high mark because of the spiritual truth it contains and reveals
to those with ears to hear and eyes to see, which I admit - am not
quite there yet.
The study of these ancient truths is not to be taken lightly and I intend to study more seiously and reverently when I find an astute and spiritual partner or small group for discussion.
The study of these ancient truths is not to be taken lightly and I intend to study more seiously and reverently when I find an astute and spiritual partner or small group for discussion.
i've come to
the point where i consider myself a Gnostic. i adore all the Gnostic
gospels. these were enlightening and thought provoking.
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Marvin Meyer is a scholar of religion and a tenured professor at Chapman University, in Orange, California.
He is the Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies at Chapman University and Director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute. He is also Director of the Coptic Magical Texts Project of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity. Dr. Meyer is the author of numerous books and articles on G...more
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He is the Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies at Chapman University and Director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute. He is also Director of the Coptic Magical Texts Project of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity. Dr. Meyer is the author of numerous books and articles on G...more
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