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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Burns, Dylan M. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Édition:1st ed.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Neoplatonism.
Gnosticism.
Gnostic literature.
Apocalyptic literature.
RELIGION > Gnosticism.
Neo-Platonism.
Neo-platonisme.
Gnosticisme.
Litterature gnostique > Histoire et critique.
Litterature apocalyptique > Histoire et critique.
Gnostic literature > History and criticism.
Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Description
Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (344 pages).
ISBN:9780812209228

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