Paradise reconsidered in Gnostic mythmaking

rethinking Sethianism in light of the Ophite evidence

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Paradise reconsidered in Gnostic mythmaking
Tuomas Rasimus
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rethinking Sethianism in light of the Ophite evidence

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Brill
Language
English
Pages
355

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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Helsinki and Université Laval, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-312) and indexes.

Published in
Leiden, Boston
Series
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies -- v. 68, Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies -- 68.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
273/.1
Library of Congress
BT1390 .R38 2009, BT1390.R38 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
xx, 355 p., [20] p. of plates :
Number of pages
355

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24061883M
ISBN 10
9004173234
ISBN 13
9789004173231
LCCN
2009029148
OCLC/WorldCat
428823325

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