Cosmology and fate in gnosticism and Graeco-Roman antiquity: under pitiless skies
Were the gnostics cosmic pessimists? -- Nag Hammadi and the providential cosmos -- "This body of death" : cosmic malevolence and enslavement to sin in Pauline exegesis -- Heimarmene at Nag Hammadi : the Apocryphon of John and On the origin of the world -- Middle platonism, Heimarmene, and...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden [u.a.]
Brill
2013
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| In: |
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies (81)
Year: 2013 |
| Series/Journal: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies
81 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Greece (Antiquity)
/ Roman Empire
/ Religion
/ Early Christianity (motif)
/ Gnosis
/ Cosmogony
/ Hermetic philosophy
/ Providence
/ Fate
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| Further subjects: | B
Cosmology
B Fate and fatalism B Thesis B Gnosticism |
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| Summary: | Were the gnostics cosmic pessimists? -- Nag Hammadi and the providential cosmos -- "This body of death" : cosmic malevolence and enslavement to sin in Pauline exegesis -- Heimarmene at Nag Hammadi : the Apocryphon of John and On the origin of the world -- Middle platonism, Heimarmene, and the Corpus Hermeticum -- Ways out I : interventions of the savior god -- Ways out II : baptism and cosmic freedom : a new genisis -- Astral "determinism" in the Gospel of Judas -- Conclusions, and a new way forward |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-202) and index |
| Physical Description: | XIII, 206 S., 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-24548-8 |
