To Know Through Touch: Sacramental Wisdom and Erotic Holiness in the Gospel of Philip
This article explores the conceptual metaphor of intimacy as epistemic access in the Gospel of Philip, where erotic union functions as a sacramental pathway to divine knowledge. Drawing on cognitive linguistics and Gnostic theology, the study examines how metaphors of touch, fusion, and bodily prese...
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2025
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Diakrisis
Year: 2025, Volume: 8, Pages: 145-157 |
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Gospel of Philip
B Cognitive Linguistics B Erotic holiness B Epistemic embodiment B Valentinian theology B Sacramental metaphor |
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