The Reception of the Book of the Watchers in Valentinus’s Fragment 1 (Clement of Alexandria, Stromata II.36.2–4)
The article intends to argue in favor of the dependence of Valentinus’s Fragment 1 (Clement, Strom. 2.36.2-4) on the Greek text of the Book of the Watchers. Moving from Valentinus’s recourse to specific expressions of the latter – and in particular of his “technical” use of the term φόβος (“fear”) a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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| In: |
Gnosis
Year: 2023, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-73 |
| Further subjects: | B
Clement of Alexandria
B Fear B Apocalypticism B Book of the Watchers B Valentinus B Angels |
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| Summary: | The article intends to argue in favor of the dependence of Valentinus’s Fragment 1 (Clement, Strom. 2.36.2-4) on the Greek text of the Book of the Watchers. Moving from Valentinus’s recourse to specific expressions of the latter – and in particular of his “technical” use of the term φόβος (“fear”) and of the verb ἀφανίζω (“to destroy”; “to disfigure”) – the aim is to throw new light not only on the origin of Valentinus’s anthropogonic narrative, but also on the reasons and the limits of the re-use of Enochian material in the extant Valentinian production. |
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| ISSN: | 2451-859X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Gnosis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/2451859X-00801004 |
