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Gnosticism & Christian Mysticism
Gregory of Nyssa
The Life of Moses
- First published1978
- TraditionGnosticism
- Shelf132 books
An English translation, with introduction and notes, of Gregory of Nyssa's spiritual reading of the life of Moses. The treatise describes the soul's ascent from light into the cloud and the divine darkness, and is a founding text of Christian apophatic mysticism.
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