The Gnostics myth, ritual, and diversity in early Christianity. - Brakke, David (Cambridge Harvard University Press, 2010)
Imagining "Gnosticism" and early Christianities -- Identifying the Gnostics and their literature -- The myth and rituals of the Gnostic school of thought -- Unity and diversity in second-century Rome -- Strategies of self-differentiation.
Keywords: Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism; 273.1*11 -- Gnosis en christendom