Paradise reconsidered in Gnostic mythmaking : rethinking Sethianism in light of the Ophite evidence
| 1. Verfasser: |
Rasimus, Tuomas
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xx, 355 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies
68 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Pt. I. Introduction. Rethinking Sethianism
- Pt. II. Myth and innovation. The serpent
- The creator and the Archons
- Sophia, Eve and gnosis
- Adam and Christ
- The pillars of Seth : Sethianization of Ophite and Barbeloite myths
- Pt. III. Ritual. Evidence for Ophite snake worship
- Anathema Iesous : Origen on the Ophite cursing of Jesus
- The Ophite seal, Sethian baptism and the Johannine prologue.
