Iii. The Slavonic Josephus' Account : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 97 III. THE SLAVONIC JOSEPHUS' ACCOUNT OF THE BAPTIST AND JESUS. IN The "Antiquities" of the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus there are three passages of outstanding importance for Christian readers, seeing that they are the only external witnesses...
Ii. Iii. Some Typical Extracts : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 71 III.--SOME TYPICAL EXTRACTS. UNDER the first two headings readers have been made acquainted with all those pieces from the Mandan John-Book that can be held to have in any sense a historic intention. To these are now added a few extracts of such...
Ii. I. The Gnostic John The Baptizer : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 35 I.--THE GNOSTIC JOHN THE BAPTIZER. PORTENTS AT JOHN'S BIRTH ( 18).1 In the Name of Great Life may hallowed Light be glorifed. A CHILD was planted out of the height, a mystery revealed in Jerusalem.2 The priests saw dreams; chill seized on their...
I. John The Baptizer And Christian Origins : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 1 I. JOHN THE BAPTIZER AND CHRISTIAN ORIGINS. A RECENT STUDY ON JOHN'S SYMBOLISM. A DISTINCT ray of light has been cast on the obscure background of Christian origins by Dr. Robert Eisler in a series of detailed studies on the movement and doctrines...
Gnostic John The Baptizer : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index GNOSTIC JOHN THE BAPTIZER SELECTIONS FROM THE MANDAN JOHN-BOOK NOTES The Mandans are a small and little-known religious community living principally in Iraq. They are the last group of traditional gnostics left in the world and as such present a facinating...
Foreword : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. v FOREWORD. THE main materials contained in these pages will certainly be new for the vast majority of readers. Moreover the Mandan narratives, legends and discourses are not only interesting because of their own distinctive matter and manner, but...
Ii. Ii. The Story Of The Breach With Judaism : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 62 II.--THE STORY OF THE BREACH WITH JUDAISM. MIRYAI IS EXPELLED FROM JEWRY ( 34). In the Name of Great Life, may hallowed Light be glorified. MIRYAI am I, of the Kings of Babel1 a daughter, a daughter of Jerasalem's mighty rulers. They have given...
Iv. The Fourth Gospel Proem : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 120 IV. THE FOURTH GOSPEL PROEM: A NEW VERSION VENTURE. CONNECTION. AFTER I had for some time been making a close study of Lidzbarski's translations of the Mandan John-Book and Liturgies, I had occasion in another connection to refer to the Greek...
Title Page. Part 02 : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Next GNOSTIC JOHN THE BAPTIZER: SELECTIONS FROM THE MANDAN JOHN-BOOK Together With Studies On John And Christian Origins, The Slavonic Josephus' Account Of John and Jesus And The Fourth Gospel Proem. "G. R. S. MEAD" Watkins, London [1924] Next: Contents
Ii. From The John Book Of The Mandaeans.Introducti : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 29 II. FROM THE JOHN-BOOK OF THE MANDANS. WE will now proceed to see what the Gnostic John-folk have to say about the person of Yhn and concerning their early Palestinian community, and will conclude with some typical extracts from their John-Book...
Title Page : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous p. 128 AFTERWORD. THE legend-Like Mandan tradition concerning the person of John and the distinctive gnostic type of doctrine which it associates with him could by no means have been deduced from, or expanded out of, the bare external historical facts...
