Paradise reconsidered in Gnostic mythmaking : rethinking Sethianism in light of the Ophite evidence /

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...

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Main Author: Rasimus, Tuomas.

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:

Sethians.
Ophites.

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Call Number: BT1390 .R38 2009

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Prologue /
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  • Chapter One. Rethinking Sethianism /
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  • Chapter Two. The Serpent /
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  • Chapter Three. The Creator And The Archons /
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  • Chapter Four. Sophia, Eve And Gnosis /
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  • Chapter Five. Adam And Christ /
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  • Chapter Six. The Pillars Of Seth: Sethianization Of Ophite And Barbeloite Myths /
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  • Chapter Seven. Evidence For Ophite Snake Worship /
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  • Chapter Eight. Anathema Iesous: Origen On The Ophite Cursing Of Jesus /
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  • Chapter Nine. The Ophite Seal, Sethian Baptism And The Johannine Prologue /
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  • Epilogue /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Indices /
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  • Plates 1-20 /
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