Cosmology and fate in gnosticism and Graeco-Roman antiquity : under pitiless skies

1. Verfasser: Lewis, Nicola Denzey, 1966-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2013.
Umfang/Format: xiii, 206 p. ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 81
Schlagworte:
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 2 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Were the gnostics cosmic pessimists?
  • Nag Hammadi and the providential cosmos
  • This body of death : cosmic malevolence and enslavement to sin in Pauline exegesis
  • Heimarmene at Nag Hammadi : the Apocryphon of John and on the origin of the world
  • Middle platonism, heimarmene, and the corpus hermeticum
  • Ways out I : interventions of the savior god
  • Ways out II : baptism and cosmic freedom
  • Astral determinism in the Gospel of Judas
  • Conclusions, and a new way forward.