Hidden Wisdom
Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism. Second, Revised and Enlarged paperback edition
Biographical note
Guy G. Stroumsa, Ph.D. (1978), Harvard, is Martin Buber Professor of Comparative Religion and Director of the Center for the Study of Christianity at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of Another Seed: Studies in Gnostic Mythology (Brill, 1984), Savoir et salut: traditions juives et tentations dualistes dans le christianisme ancien (Paris, 1972) and Barbarian Philosophy: the Religious Revolution of Early Christianity (Tübingen, 1999).
Readership
All those interested in intellectual and religious history of Late Antiquity, Patristics, students of Christian (and Jewish) mysticism, gnosticism.
Reviews
'Hidden Wisdom is an important interpretation of the changing attitudes toward esotericism that were a significant aspect of the early development of Christianity...wealth of new insights.'
Bernard McGinn, History of Religion, 1999.
'…the book contains much valuable, intriguing material.'
Jorunn J. Buckley, Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
'Stroumsa's book will prove important to anyone interested in esotericism, mysticism, and the Jewish origins of early Christianity. Recommended for all libraries.'
Laurence H. Kant, Religious Studies Review, 2001.
'…imposante et suggestive documentation…'
Jérôme Rousse-Lacordaire, Compres Rendus.
Bernard McGinn, History of Religion, 1999.
'…the book contains much valuable, intriguing material.'
Jorunn J. Buckley, Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
'Stroumsa's book will prove important to anyone interested in esotericism, mysticism, and the Jewish origins of early Christianity. Recommended for all libraries.'
Laurence H. Kant, Religious Studies Review, 2001.
'…imposante et suggestive documentation…'
Jérôme Rousse-Lacordaire, Compres Rendus.
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