Gnosticisma "Definīcija" Un Vēsture: Gnosticism.
Gnosticism is the term that has been used in the academic field for a couple of decades. Lately since the many Gnostic manuscript discoveries the term "Gnosticism" has been debated. Although gnosticism is impossible to define this article is an attempt to get as close to the definition of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Latvian |
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LU Akadēmiskais apgāds
2013
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Cel̜š
Year: 2013, Issue: 63, Pages: 137-152 |
| Further subjects: | B
Prophets
B Judaism B Theologians B GNOSTIC ethics B Anthropomorphism B Gnosticism B Manuscripts |
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| Summary: | Gnosticism is the term that has been used in the academic field for a couple of decades. Lately since the many Gnostic manuscript discoveries the term "Gnosticism" has been debated. Although gnosticism is impossible to define this article is an attempt to get as close to the definition of it as we can. That is why the article mainly deals with the origin of gnosticism and its basic mythological elements. The article shows how gnosticism originates in Judaism not in Persian religions as was assumed before. The most famous gnostics come from a Jewish background: Christian theologians Baselides and Valentinus both represent Alexandrian Jewish Christianity, also prophet Mani comes from a Jewish Christian tradition: Elkesaitism and the heterodox Jewish Magician Simon described in Acts 8 represent a version of Christianized Jewish gnosticism. The following mythological elements show that gnosticism originates in Judaism: The myth of Sophia comes from the Alexandrian Wisdom tradition. The myth of the origin of the World is based on the story of Genesis, both gnostics and Jews believe that the name of God is unspeakable, the anthropomorphically depicted God in gnosticism comes from the tradition of the Prophet Ezekiel. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cel̜š
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