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Paradise reconsidered in Gnostic mythmaking : rethinking Sethianism in light of the Ophite evidence /
This book offers a new understanding of Sethianism and the origins of Gnosticism by examining the mythology in and social reality behind a group of texts to which certain leaders of the early church occasionally attached the label a ~Ophite.a (TM) In the unique Ophite mythology, which rewrites the G...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
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| Colección: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ;
68. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book offers a new understanding of Sethianism and the origins of Gnosticism by examining the mythology in and social reality behind a group of texts to which certain leaders of the early church occasionally attached the label a ~Ophite.a (TM) In the unique Ophite mythology, which rewrites the Genesis paradise story and is attested, for example, in Irenaeusa (TM) "Adversus haereses" 1.30, "The Apocryphon of John" and "On the Origin of the World," the snakea (TM)s advice to eat of the tree of knowledge is considered positive, the creator and his angels are turn. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 355 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-312) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789047426707 9047426703 1282949500 9781282949508 9786612949500 6612949503 |