RT Book T1 Paradise reconsidered in Gnostic mythmaking: rethinking Sethianism in light of the Ophite evidence T2 Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies JF Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies A1 Rasimus, Tuomas LA English PP Leiden u.a. PB Brill YR 2009 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/606053778 AB 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 CN BT1390 SN 9789004173231 K1 Sethians K1 Ophites K1 Hochschulschrift