The Books of Jeu and the Pistis Sophia as handbooks to eternity : exploring the gnostic mysteries of the ineffable /

The Books of Jeu and the Pistis Sophia as handbooks to eternity : exploring the gnostic mysteries of the ineffable /

Despite the surge of interest in Gnostic texts following the discovery of the Nag Hammadi library, the Coptic Books of Jeu and Pistis Sophia remain understudied. Often dismissed as convoluted, confused, and repetitious, Erin Evans convincingly shows that these texts represent the writings of a disti...

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Main Author: Evans, Erin.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015.

Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 89.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287389.

Subjects:

Books of Jeû.
Pistis Sophia.
Gnosticism.

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Call Number: BT1390 .E935 2015

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • The First Book of Jeu
  • The Second Book of Jeu
  • Diagrams in the Books of Jeu
  • 4 Pistis Sophia (a)
  • Part 1: Summary
  • 4 Pistis Sophia (b)
  • 3 Pistis Sophia
  • Part 2: Summary
  • 1/2 Pistis Sophia
  • The Pistis Sophia Myth
  • Part 3: Summary
  • Conclusions
  • The Jeuian System: Cosmologies
  • Ranks of the Treasury of Light (2 Jeu B32(70),4-B37(75),32): Full List
  • Bibliography
  • Index.