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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Published in:Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies
Main Author: Denzey Lewis, Nicola 1966- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 2013
In: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies (81)
Series/Journal:Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies 81
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Greece (Antiquity) / Religion / Roman Empire / Religion / Church / Gnosis / Cosmogony / Hermetic philosophy / Providence / Fate
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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-202) and index
ISBN:9004245480