Gnostic Revisions Of Genesis Stories And Early Jesus Traditions
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Author | : Gerard P. Luttikhuizen |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004145109 |
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The book examines the critical use of biblical and early Christian traditions in such Christian-Gnostic texts as the Apocryphon of John, The Nature of the Archons, The Apocalypse of Adam, The Testimony of Truth, The Apocalypse of Peter, The Letter of Peter to Philip, and the apocryphal Acts of John.
Author | : Bentley Layton |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 761 |
Release | : 2021-07-06 |
Genre | : Gnosticism |
ISBN | : 0300208545 |
Download The Gnostic Scriptures, Second Edition Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A collection of extra-biblical scriptures written by the gnostics, updated with three ancient texts including the recently discovered Gospel of Judas This definitive introduction to the gnostic scriptures provides a crucial look at the theology, religious atmosphere, and literary traditions of ancient Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism. It provides authoritative translations of ancient texts from Greek, Latin, and Coptic, with introductions, bibliographies, and annotations. The texts are organized to reflect the history of gnosticism in the second through fourth centuries CE. This second edition provides updates throughout and adds three new ancient texts, including the recently discovered Gospel of Judas.
Author | : Kevin Corrigan |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 753 |
Release | : 2013-07-25 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004254765 |
Download Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This Festschrift honors the life and work of John D. Turner (Charles J. Mach University Professor of Classics and History at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln) on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Professor Turner’s work has been of profound importance for the study of the interaction between Greek philosophy and Gnosticism in late antiquity. This volume contains essays by international scholars on a broad range of topics that deal with Sethian, Valentinian and other early Christian thought, as well as with Platonism and Neoplatonism, and offer a variety of perspectives spanning intellectual history, Greek and Coptic philology, and the study of religions.
Author | : Bruce W. Longenecker |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 864 |
Release | : 2023-08-24 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1108671292 |
Download The Cambridge History of Ancient Christianity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The first three hundred years of the common era witnessed critical developments that would become foundational for Christianity itself, as well as for the societies and later history that emerged thereafter. The concept of 'ancient Christianity,' however, along with the content that the category represents, has raised much debate. This is, in part, because within this category lie multiple forms of devotion to Jesus Christ, multiple phenomena, and multiple permutations in the formative period of Christian history. Within those multiples lie numerous contests, as varieties of Christian identity laid claim to authority and authenticity in different ways. The Cambridge History of Ancient Christianity addresses these contested areas with both nuance and clarity by reviewing, synthesizing, and critically engaging recent scholarly developments. The 27 thematic chapters, specially commissioned for this volume from an international team of scholars, also offer constructive ways forward for future research.
Author | : David Creech |
Publisher | : Mohr Siebeck |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2017-08-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9783161529832 |
Download The Use of Scripture in the Apocryphon of John Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
David Creech explores at length the Apocryphon of John's ambivalent treatment of the Jewish and Christian scriptures. Although Moses is explicitly corrected at five points in the text, Genesis' account of creation is nonetheless the basis for the Apocryphon's cosmogony and anthropogony. Its uneven treatment of the biblical text is the result of a dispute between the authors of the Apocryphon and other early Catholics. At the earliest stage of the text the Christians who wrote and read the Apocryphon worshiped alongside other early catholic Christians without any sense of contradiction or inconsistency. The key shift in the Apocryphon occurred after Irenaeus of Lyons' assault on "Knowledge Falsely So-Called." In response to his concerted effort to bring the church under the authority of early catholic bishops, the framers inserted corrections to Moses. The corrections are primarily rhetorical and used to refute early catholic identity markers.
Author | : Jan Dušek |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2016-09-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 3110399539 |
Download The Process of Authority Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The authority of canonical texts, especially of the Bible, is often described in static definitions. However, the authority of these texts was acquired as well as exercised in a dynamic process of transmission and reception. This book analyzes selected aspects of this historical process. Attention is paid to biblical master-texts and to other texts related to the “biblical worlds” in various historical periods and contexts. The studies examine particular texts, textual variants, translations, paraphrases and other elements in the process of textual transmission. The range covered spans from the Iron Age, through the Old Testament texts, their manuscripts and other texts from Qumran, the Septuagint, down to the New Testament, Apocrypha, Coptic texts, Patristics, and even modern translations of the Bible. The book is particularly intended for those interested in the history of reception and transmission of biblical texts and in the textual criticism.
Author | : Ismo Dunderberg |
Publisher | : Mohr Siebeck |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2015-06-18 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9783161525674 |
Download Gnostic Morality Revisited Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
While the early Christian texts discussed in this book are often treated as "gnostic" ones, they are here approached as witnesses to the views of educated Christians engaged in dialogue with philosophical traditions. Following the idea that ancient philosophical schools provided their adherents with ways of life, Ismo Dunderberg explores issues related to morality and lifestyle in non-canonical gospels and among groups that were gradually denounced as heretical in the church. He deals with the soul's progress from material concerns to a life dominated by spirit, the control of emotions, the avoidance of luxury, the ideal "perfect human" as a tool in moral instruction, classifications of humankind into distinct groups based on their moral advancement, and Christian debates about the value of martyrdom. In addition, he offers a critical review of some recent trends and attitudes in New Testament scholarship.
Author | : Mikael Haxby |
Publisher | : Mohr Siebeck |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 2023-08-03 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 3161625609 |
Download The First Apocalypse of James Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Angela Kim Harkins |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2023-09-14 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1666787426 |
Download The Fallen Angels Traditions Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This collection presents new research in angelology, giving special attention to the otherworldly beings known as the Watchers who are able to move between heaven and earth. According to the pseudepigraphic Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch 1-36), these angels descend to mate with women. The collection begins by examining Watchers traditions in biblical and non-biblical writings (e.g., Gen 6:1-4, the Qumran Hodayot, Book of Jubilees, and Book of Revelation). The collection also surveys Watchers traditions among late antique writings, including the Apocryphon of John, Manichean and Islamic writings, testamentary literature, the Pseudo-Clementines, and medieval Scholastic texts.
Author | : Roelof van den Broek |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2013-01-24 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 113962041X |
Download Gnostic Religion in Antiquity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Gnostic religion is the expression of a religious worldview which is dominated by the concept of Gnosis, an esoteric knowledge of God and the human being which grants salvation to those who possess it. Roelof van den Broek presents here a fresh approach to the gnostic current of Late Antiquity within its historical and religious context, based on sources in Greek, Latin and Coptic, including discussions of the individual works of preserved gnostic literature. Van den Broek explores the various gnostic interpretations of the Christian faith that were current in the second and third centuries, whilst showing that despite its influence on early Christianity, gnostic religion was not a typically Christian phenomenon. This book will be of interest to theologians, historians of religion, students and scholars of the history of Late Antiquity and early Christianity, as well as specialists in ancient gnostic and hermetic traditions.