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The Gospel of Judas, edited by Johanna Brankaer 《犹大福音》，约翰娜·布兰卡编辑

Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-07 DOI: 10.1163/2451859x-12340115

P. Moldovan

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“Yo’ Kin Cut All Kinda Tricks”: Crossroad Ordeals, Peavine Drills, and Other Technologies of the Self in African-American Vernacular Esotericism 《Yo ' Kin Cut All Kinda Tricks》:非洲裔美国人方言神秘主义中的十字路口考验、Peavine操练和其他自我技术

Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-07 DOI: 10.1163/2451859x-12340112

Stephen C. Wehmeyer

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Care of God as Care of the Self: Foucault, Gnosis, and Curation of the Divine Mirror in John of Morigny’s Ninth Vision 对上帝的关怀如同对自我的关怀:福柯，灵知，以及莫里尼的约翰的第九愿景中的神镜的管理

Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-07 DOI: 10.1163/2451859x-12340110

C. Fanger

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Afterword 后记

Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-07 DOI: 10.1163/2451859x-12340114

N. Clements

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Profane Illuminations: Robert Anton Wilson’s Hedonic Ascesis 世俗的启示:罗伯特·安东·威尔逊的享乐苦行

Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-07 DOI: 10.1163/2451859X-12340113

E. Davis

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Christian Origins and the Establishment of the Early Jesus Movement, edited by Stanley E. Porter and Andrew W. Pitts 《基督教的起源和早期耶稣运动的建立》，斯坦利·e·波特和安德鲁·w·皮茨编辑

Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-07 DOI: 10.1163/2451859x-12340117

P. Moldovan

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“From My Body Alone Do I Know This”: Sacrament & Scripture as Technologies of the Self in the Work of Jacob Böhme “仅从我的身体我知道这一点”:圣礼和经文作为雅各工作中的自我技术Böhme

Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-07 DOI: 10.1163/2451859x-12340111

J. L. I. Gentzke

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Authority and Identity in Emerging Christianities in Asia Minor and Greece, edited by Cilliers Breytenbach and Julien M. Ogereau 小亚细亚和希腊新兴基督教的权威和身份，由Cilliers Breytenbach和Julien M. Ogereau编辑

Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-07 DOI: 10.1163/2451859x-12340116

P. Moldovan

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Introduction: Comparing Foucault: Cultivations of Gnosis and Technologies of the Self 导言:比较福柯:灵知的培养与自我的技术

Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-07 DOI: 10.1163/2451859x-12340109

C. Fanger

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The Gospel of Truth as the Gospel of the Saved Saviors 真理的福音作为得救的救主的福音

Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies Pub Date : 2021-02-16 DOI: 10.1163/2451859X-12340101

Jörgen Magnusson

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