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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burns, Dylan M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2014.
©2014
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Divinations : rereading late ancient religion
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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