The Rediscovery of Gnosticism edited by Bentley Layton

(Two Volume Set) The Rediscovery of Gnosticism. Proceedings of the International Conference on Gnosticism at Yale New Haven, Connecticut, March 28 – 31, 1978. edited by Bentley Layton. These two volumes focus on Sethian Gnosticism and the School of Valentinus, two major schools of Gnostic thought. The conference and subsequent publications were pivotal in the modern academic study of Gnosticism following the discovery of important texts like the Nag Hammadi library. Hardcover with very light if any, shelfwear.