Myth as enigma : cultural hermeneutics in late antiquity -- Paradosis : esoteric traditions in early Christianity -- Gnostic secret myths -- Esotericism in Mani's thought and background -- The body of truth and its measures : New Testament canonization in context -- Moses' riddles : esoteric trends in patristic hermeneutics -- Clement, Origen and Jewish esoteric traditions -- Milk and meat : Augustine and the end of ancient esotericism -- From esotericism to mysticism in early Christianity -- Mystical descents -- A nameless God : Judaeo-Christian and Gnostic 'theologies of the name.'
