How Long to Read The Gnostics

By David Brakke

How Long Does it Take to Read The Gnostics?

It takes the average reader 3 hours to read The Gnostics by David Brakke

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Brakke writes a pioneering study of the way the demon role relates to religious thinking and to cultural anxieties. The author’s sources include biographies of exceptional monks, collections of monastic sayings and stories, letters from ascetic teachers to their disciples, sermons, community rules, and biblical commentaries. When monks imagined the resistance that they had to overcome in cultivating their selves or the temptation that offered an easier path, they saw supernatural beings that could take the shapes of animals, women, boys, and false angels in their attempts to seduce monks away...

How long is The Gnostics?

The Gnostics by David Brakke is 180 pages long, and a total of 45,000 words.

This makes it 61% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Gnostics Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 5 minutes to read The Gnostics aloud.

What Reading Level is The Gnostics?

The Gnostics is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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