Кулиану И.П. (Couliano, Ioan P.)
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The Tree of Gnosis
The Tree
of Gnosis
Gnostic Mythology from Early Christianity
to Modem Nihilism
loan P. Couliano
Translated into English by H. S. Wiesner
and the author
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HarperSanFrancisco
A Division of HarperCollinsPublishers
This edition is a completely revised translation
of Les Gnoses Dualistes d'occident, copyright© 1990, Editions Pion.
1HE TREE OF GNOSIS: Gnostic Mythology from Early Christianity to Modern Nihilism.
English-language version copyright © 1992 by loan P. Co....liano and Hillary S.
Wiesner. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022.
FIRST HARPERCOLLINS EDmON PUBLISHED IN 1992.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Couliano, loan P.
[Gnoses dualistes d'Occident. English]
The tree of gnosis : gnostic mythology from early Christianity to modern nihilism I loan P. Couliano; translated into English by H. S.
Wiesner and the author.-lst HarperCollins ed.
p.
cm.
-Rev. translation of: Les gnoses dualistes d'Occident.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-06--061615-6
1. Gnosticism-History. I. Title.