The other bible / edited by Willis Barnstone. - 1st ed. - San Francisco : Harper & Row, [1984]. - xxiii, 742 pages ; 25 cm.

A collection of ancient, esoteric texts from Judeo-Christian traditions, excluded from the official canon of the Old and New Testaments.

Includes bibliographic references (p. 737-742).

Creation myths. -- Histories and narratives. -- Wisdom literature and poetry. -- Gospels. -- Infancy gospels.-- Acts. -- Apocalypses. -- Diverse gnostic texts. -- Manichean and Mandaean Gnostic texts. -- Mystical documents. -- Appendix 1 Plotinus. -- Appendix 2 Glossary

'A collection of ancient, esoteric texts from Judeo-Christian traditions, excluded from the official canon of the Old and New Testaments.'

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Apocryphal books
Gnostic literature
Cabala

BS1695 / .O87 1984

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