Paradise reconsidered in Gnostic mythmaking: rethinking Sethianism in light of the Ophite evidence
Pt. I. Introduction. Rethinking Sethianism -- Pt. II. Myth and innovation. The serpent -- The creator and the Archons -- Sophia, Eve and gnosis -- Adam and Christ -- The pillars of Seth : Sethianization of Ophite and Barbeloite myths -- Pt. III. Ritual. Evidence for Ophite snake worship -- Anathema...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden [u.a.]
Brill
2009
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Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies (68)
Year: 2009 |
| Series/Journal: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies
68 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sethians
B Ophites |
| Further subjects: | B
Sethians
B Ophites B Thesis |
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| Summary: | Pt. I. Introduction. Rethinking Sethianism -- Pt. II. Myth and innovation. The serpent -- The creator and the Archons -- Sophia, Eve and gnosis -- Adam and Christ -- The pillars of Seth : Sethianization of Ophite and Barbeloite myths -- Pt. III. Ritual. Evidence for Ophite snake worship -- Anathema Iesous : Origen on the Ophite cursing of Jesus -- The Ophite seal, Sethian baptism and the Johannine prologue |
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| ISBN: | 9004173234 |