Smith, Carl B., 1957-

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.

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Gnosticism.

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