Apocalypse of the alien god : Platonism and the exile of Sethian gnosticism /

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Apocalypse of the Alien God shows that the fundamental break between the Platonic tradition and Judeo-Christianity began when the mystic Plotinus rejected the teachings of the Sethians, an influential group of Gnostics who operated at the intersection of Hellenic, Jewish, and Christian thought.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burns, Dylan M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2014.
©2014
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Divinations : rereading late ancient religion
Temas:
Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism.
Gnostic literature > History and criticism.
Gnosticism.
Neoplatonism.
Littérature apocalyptique > Histoire et critique.
Littérature gnostique > Histoire et critique.
Gnosticisme.
Néo-platonisme.
Neo-Platonism.
RELIGION > Gnosticism.
Apocalyptic literature
Gnostic literature
Gnosticism
Neoplatonism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Culture Wars
  • 2. Plotinus Against His Gnostic Friends
  • 3. Other Ways of Writing
  • 4. The Descent
  • 5. The Ascent
  • 6. The Crown
  • 7. Between Judaism, Christianity, and Neoplatonism
  • Appendix: Reading Porphyry on the Gnostic Heretics and Their Apocalypses
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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