No longer Jews : the search for Gnostic origins /
Carl B. Smith II.
- Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, c2004.
- xvii, 317 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-286) and indexes.
Definitions of gnosticism and theories of gnostic origins -- Gnostic origins : Jewish social and political crises -- The Jewish revolt under Trajan : a historical reconstruction and its implications -- Chronological and geographical considerations for gnostic origins -- Sethian gnosticism, the geography of heresy, and a proposal for gnostic origins.