Bibel und Gnosis oder ein Vorschlag, den Gaul vom Kopf her aufzuzäumen
In this article the cultural phenomenon of Gnosis, widely spread in Mediterraneum, is interpreted as a reaction to the Hellenistic globalisation of the whole region in late Antiquity. The suggestion is being made to understand the Creation story in Gen 1 as a deliberate polemics with Gnosis and its...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | German |
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2007
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| In: |
Communio viatorum
Year: 2007, Volume: 49, Issue: 2, Pages: 254-265 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible
/ Gnosis
/ Hellenism
/ Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran Scrolls
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| IxTheo Classification: | BF Gnosticism HA Bible HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Dead Sea Scrolls
B Bible B Hellenism B Gnosis |
| Summary: | In this article the cultural phenomenon of Gnosis, widely spread in Mediterraneum, is interpreted as a reaction to the Hellenistic globalisation of the whole region in late Antiquity. The suggestion is being made to understand the Creation story in Gen 1 as a deliberate polemics with Gnosis and its disdain for body and matter. If true, however, this suggestion would radically change the chronology of Biblical texts. Finally, the argument of Qumran library, often referred to as the proof for Bible's antiquity, is being challenged. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-3713 |
| Contains: | In: Communio viatorum
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