Providence, Creation, and Gnosticism According to the Gnostics

So many aspersions have been cast upon the term “Gnosticism” that even studies about “Gnostics” prefer to avoid it. Did the Gnostics then teach no Gnosticism? The extant works (mostly from Nag Hammadi) which seem to resemble their thought prefer the language of myth to the concise, syllogistic formu...

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Main Author: Burns, Dylan M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press [2016]
In: Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-79
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Plato 427 BC-347 BC / Stoa / Philo, Alexandrinus 25 BC-40 / Gnosis / Nag Hammadi Texts / Creation / Faith in providence / Anthropocentrism
IxTheo Classification:BF Gnosticism
NBD Doctrine of Creation
NBL Doctrine of Predestination
VA Philosophy
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