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Apocalypse of the Alien God : Platonism and the Exile of Sethian Gnosticism /

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
Autor principal: Burns, Dylan M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (344 pages).
ISBN:9780812209228