Paradise reconsidered in Gnostic mythmaking : rethinking Sethianism in light of the Ophite evidence /
This book offers a new understanding of Sethianism and the origins of Gnosticism by examining the mythology in and social reality behind a group of texts to which certain leaders of the early church occasionally attached the label 'Ophite.' In the unique Ophite mythology, which rewrites th...
Main Author:
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
Series:
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies
68.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2010, ISBN: 9789004222731.
Subjects:
Online Access: Login to view Source
Tags: Add Tag
Call Number: BT1390 .R38 2009