Salvation through self-knowledge, enlightenment in union with God: this was the path of the Gnostics in the early centuries of Christianity, before the orthodox Church labelled their teachings heresy and forced their practices underground. Now Alan Jacobs, a poet and scholar, presents the best-known and most significant Gnostic Scriptures in accessible new renditions of clarity, simplicity and inspired beauty. This attractively bound, hardcover volume includes The Fable of the Pearl, The Gospel of Thomas, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Melchizedek, The Gospel of Truth, The Secret Book According to St John, The Gospel of Philip, the Sophia of Jesus Christ and many more. 330pp, 162mm x 240mm, hardback, 2006
In Jesus Untouched by the Church, Hugh McGregor Ross takes the sayings of Jesus recorded in the nag hamadi Gospel of Thomas and puts them in a new order which more clearly reveals a spiritual path to ultimate reality that we can all follow.
Mary Magdalene Beloved Disciple by Clysta Kinstler is a beautiful novel exploring historical facts about Mary Magdalene and her relationship with Jesus.
In The Gnostic Gospels Alan Jacobs presents texts discovered at Nag Hammadi including the gospels of Thomas, Philip and Mary Magdalene, The Sophia of Jesus Christ and The Fable of the Pearl.
The Gospel of Peace of Jesus Christ by E Szekely and P Weaver deals with the healing works of Jesus, and gives insight into the values and terminology of early Christianity.
The Gospel of the Holy Twelve, translated by Rev G J Ouseley, is believed to be the Original Gospel from which the present four New Testament Gospels were derived.
The Gospel of Thomas, translated and annotated by Hugh McGregor Ross is a manuscript from antiquity that records sayings, attributed to Jesus, of rich spiritual content.
The Jesus Dynasty by James D Tabor shares research into the hidden history of the life and teachings of Jesus, also offering new avenues of understanding between Jews, Christians and Muslims.
The Jesus Family Tomb by Simcha Jacobovici & Charles Pellegrino combines history, archaeology and cutting-edge science to cast new light on 2000 years of mystery.
Michael Baigent's The Jesus Papers tells of his quest for clarity about Jesus, Judaism and Christianity, aiming to see beyond dogma, superstition and deception to find the wonder at the heart.
Javier Sierra's The Secret Supper is an exciting Renaissance detective novel revealing Leonardo da Vinci's mysterious connection with the Cathars and the secret of the Consolamentum.
This is the story of Mary Magdalene as never told before. She did marry Jesus, she did bear his child, but her significance is infinitely more profound and immeasurably more important. Claire Nahmad and... [more]
The Way of Thomas by John R Mabry explores nine insights central to the unique and revolutionary Gospel of Thomas, an ancient book that records sayings, attributed to Jesus, of rich spiritual content.
Margaret Starbird's The Woman With the Alabaster Jar asks whether Mary Magdalene could have been married to Jesus and gives convincing evidence that this has been deliberately written out of the gospels.