Cosmology and fate in Gnosticism and Graeco-Roman antiquity : under pitiless skies /
In Cosmology and Fate in Gnosticism and Graeco-Roman Antiquity , Nicola Denzey Lewis dismisses Hans Jonas' mischaracterization of second-century Gnosticism as a philosophically-oriented religious movement built on the perception of the cosmos as negative or enslaving. A focused study on the con...
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Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2013.
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Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies
81.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248649.
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Call Number: BT1390 .L49 2013
| Summary: | In Cosmology and Fate in Gnosticism and Graeco-Roman Antiquity , Nicola Denzey Lewis dismisses Hans Jonas' mischaracterization of second-century Gnosticism as a philosophically-oriented religious movement built on the perception of the cosmos as negative or enslaving. A focused study on the concept of astrological fate in "Gnostic" writings including the Apocryphon of John, the recently-discovered Gospel of Judas, Trimorphic Protennoia, and the Pistis Sophia, this book reexamines their language of "enslavement to fate (Gk: heimarmene)" from its origins in Greek Stoicism, its deployment by the apostle Paul, to its later use by a variety of second-century intellectuals (both Christian and non-Christian). Denzey Lewis thus offers an informed and revisionist conceptual map of the ancient cosmos, its influence, and all those who claimed to be free of its potentially pernicious effects. |
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| Item Description: | Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 14, 2013). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 206 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004245761 |
| ISSN: | 0929-2470 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |