Forerunners and rivals of Christianity : $b being studies in religious history from 330 B.C. to 330 A.D., Vol. 2 (of 2)

"Forerunners and Rivals of Christianity: Being Studies in Religious History" by Francis Legge is a historical study from the early 1900s about the religions that came before and existed alongside early Christianity. The book mainly looks at Gnosticism and how those ideas mixed with early Christian beliefs. It shows how early Christian ideas formed by looking at the different religious movements that were around at the time. The book explains changes in Christian thought that happened around the end of the first century, exploring how some people blended Christian ideas with Greek and Roman religions. It examines different Gnostic groups and their tricky connections with both Jewish and early Christian thinking, showing how these groups changed and affected the religious world back then.