The hypostasis of the archons (THOTA)
The Hypostasis of the Archons (HypArch) 1 is an anonymous treatise setting forth a Gnostic interpretation of Genesis 1-6, partly in the form of a revelation discourse between an angel and an interlocutor. It exemplifies a wide-ranging Hellenistic syncretism whose most evident components are Jewish....
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill Academic Publishers
2012
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In: | In: The Coptic Gnostic Library - A Complete Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices, volume 2 |
Series/Journal: | BrillOnline Reference Works
Coptic Gnostic Library |
Further subjects: | B
Gnostic literature
B Nag Hammadi Codices B Hypostasis of the Archons |
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Summary: | The Hypostasis of the Archons (HypArch) 1 is an anonymous treatise setting forth a Gnostic interpretation of Genesis 1-6, partly in the form of a revelation discourse between an angel and an interlocutor. It exemplifies a wide-ranging Hellenistic syncretism whose most evident components are Jewish. But in its final form HypArch shows clear Christian features and can be considered a Christian work. Its theological perspective is a robust Gnosticism, of still undetermined sectarian affiliation. It was originally composed in the Greek language, probably, in Egypt. The date of composition cannot be determined, but some evidence points to the third century a.d |
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004228900_cgl_aTHOTA |