Cosmology and fate in gnosticism and Graeco-Roman antiquity : under pitiless skies
- Title
- Cosmology and fate in gnosticism and Graeco-Roman antiquity : under pitiless skies / by Nicola Denzey Lewis.
- Published by
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
- Author
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- Description
- xiii, 206 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- "In this book, 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' 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)."--Publisher description.
- Series statement
- Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, 0929-2470 ; volume 81
- Uniform title
- Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 81.
- Subject
- Contents
- Were the gnostics cosmic pessimists? -- Nag Hammadi and the providential cosmos -- "This body of death" : cosmic malevolence and enslavement to sin in Pauline exegesis -- Heimarmene at Nag Hammadi : the Apocryphon of John and On the origin of the world -- Middle platonism, Heimarmene, and the Corpus Hermeticum -- Ways out I : interventions of the savior god -- Ways out II : baptism and cosmic freedom : a new genisis -- Astral "determinism" in the Gospel of Judas -- Conclusions, and a new way forward.
- Call number
- JFE 16-3318
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index.
- Author
- Denzey Lewis, Nicola, 1966-
- Title
- Cosmology and fate in gnosticism and Graeco-Roman antiquity : under pitiless skies / by Nicola Denzey Lewis.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Series
- Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, 0929-2470 ; volume 81
- Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 81.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index.
- Connect to:
- LCCN
- 2012048689
- ISBN
- 9789004245488 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
- 9004245480 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
- 9789004245761 (e-book)
- Research call number
- JFE 16-3318