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Most of the Nag Hammadi texts originated in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. They form one of the most important manuscript rediscoveries of the 20th century, and their importance for Biblical scholars and Church historians in particular can hardly be overestimated. This volume presents the first complete German translation of the approximately 50 Nag Hammadi texts as well as the Berlin Codex 8502 as an affordable paperback.
Gnostic literature. --- Gnosis. --- Manuscript. --- Nag Hammadi.
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In dieser handlichen Studienausgabe werden die vollständige Übersetzung der ca. 50 Schriften des Handschriftenfundes von Nag Hammadi sowie der Texte des Codex Berolinensis 8502 zugänglich gemacht. Für die nun dritte Auflage wurde der Band korrigiert und aktualisiert sowie um zwei Texte des erst 2007 veröffentlichten Codex Tchacos erweitert. Die Studienausgabe bietet die vollständige Übersetzung der Texte, während Einleitungen und Anmerkungen in gekürzter Form bzw. in Auswahl präsentiert sind. Die mehrheitlich im 2. und 3. Jahrhundert entstandenen Texte gehören zu den wichtigsten handschriftlichen Neuentdeckungen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Sie sind insbesondere für das Studium der Bibelwissenschaften und der frühen Kirchengeschichte von kaum zu überschätzender Bedeutung.
Gnostic literature. --- Coptic literature --- Gnosticism --- Gnosis. --- Nag Hammadi. --- New Testament. --- coptic language.
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This book addresses different theories related to the origin of Gnosticism. The author comes to the conclusion that, if we set aside the Christian substance, in Gnostic literature – besides Platonist philosophy – the most numerous influences come from Judaism. As they have, partially, reached Gnostic literature independent from Christianity, it could validate the theory according to which we should be searching for the origin of Gnosticism in certain Judaist circles. The author analyses the use of lore from the Old Testament and Judaism in Gnostic literature. Even though this does not prove that Gnosticism has evolved from Judaism, it still shows how extensively the Judaist world of thought influenced Gnosticism and how it gives us a reason to ask whether we should consider more thoroughly the theory according to which we should be searching for the founders of Gnostic lore within certain Judaist circles of antiquity. Über den Ursprung der antiken Gnosis gibt es verschiedene Theorien, aber noch heute herrscht in dieser Frage in der Forschung kein Konsens. Der Autor dieses Buches betrachtet unterschiedliche Ursprungstheorien der Gnosis und kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass (abgesehen vom christlichen Stoff) neben den Einflüssen des Mittelplatonismus der alttestamentliche und jüdische Stoff in der gnostischen Literatur die wichtigste Rolle spielt. Da der jüdische Stoff teilweise durch die Vermittlung des Christentums in die Gnosis gekommen ist, könnte das die alte Hypothese unterstützen, dass die Gnosis innerhalb des Christentums entstanden sei. Doch gibt es eine Vielzahl gnostischer Texte, die vom Christentum nicht beeinflusst sind, in denen aber der alttestamentliche und jüdische Stoff eine sehr wichtige Rolle spielt. Diese Tatsache könnte nun die zweite alte Theorie unterstützen, nach der die Wurzeln der Gnosis im antiken Judentum liegen. Der Autor der vorliegenden Arbeit analysiert den Gebrauch der alttestamentlichen und jüdischen Überlieferungen und Motive in der gnostischen Literatur und kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass es nicht letztgültig bewiesen ist, dass die Gnosis aus dem Judentum heraus entstand. Doch zeigt die Untersuchung, wie große Bedeutung die alttestamentlichen und jüdischen Motive in der Gnosis gehabt haben. Dies gibt Anlass zu fragen, ob wir dennoch die Theorie ernsthaft zu erwägen haben, nach der der Ursprung der Gnosis in Kreisen des antiken Judentums zu suchen sei.
Judaism --- Gnosticism --- Gnostic literature --- Relations --- Gnosticism. --- Judaism. --- Relation to the Old Testament.
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This book is third in a series dedicated to the first Homo sapiens: the Australian Aboriginal people. Steven and Evan Strong continue their investigation into the global impact of Aboriginal people, relaying that the First Australians are unique, and in no way descended from Africans or any other race.
Mythology, Aboriginal Australian. --- Gnosticism --- Gnostic literature --- Cults --- Aboriginal Australian mythology --- Australian mythology --- Mythology, Australian aboriginal --- Origin. --- History and criticism.
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Karen L. King offers an illuminating reading of this ancient text, said to be Christ's revelation to his disciple John. In her analysis, the Revelation becomes a comprehensible religious vision--and a window on the religious culture of the Roman Empire. A translation of the complete Secret Revelation of John is included.
Christian literature, Early --- History and criticism. --- Apocryphon of John --- Apocalypse of John (Gnostic) --- Secret book of John --- Secret revelation to John --- Apocryphon Johannis --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Bible --- Critique et exégèse.
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This book offers fresh readings of the Gospel of Philip (NHC II.3) and the Exegesis on the Soul (NHC II.6) from new theoretical and historical perspectives. Eschewing the category of “Gnosticism” and challenging common categorisations, the book analyses the preserved Coptic texts as coherent Christian compositions contemporary with the production and use of the Nag Hammadi Codices. A methodological framework based on Cognitive Poetics is outlined and applied to illuminate how the texts present a soteriology of transformation through religious rituals and practices using complex conceptual and intertextual blends with important polemical and paraenetic functions. The analysis highlights the use of metaphors and allusions in (re-)interpretations of authoritative Scripture, ritual and dogma. Complete Coptic texts and translations are included.
Gnostic literature --- Hermeneutics. --- Salvation --- Soul --- Gnosticism --- Interpretation, Methodology of --- Criticism --- History and criticism. --- Christianity --- History of doctrines --- History of doctrines. --- Exegesis on the Soul --- Gospel of Philip --- Bible. --- Coptic Gospel of Philip --- Gospel according to Philip --- Exegesis about the Being --- Exēgēsis etve ti-psychē --- Exegesis of the Soul --- Expository treatise on the Soul --- Language, style. --- Theology. --- Hermeneutics --- Gnostic literature - History and criticism --- Salvation - Christianity - History of doctrines - Early church, ca 30-600 --- Soul - History of doctrines
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This volume is both an essay in Gnostic poetics and a study in the history of early Christian appropriation of ancient philosophy. The object of study is the cosmological model of the Apocryphon of John , a first-hand and fully narrated version of the Gnostic myth. The author examines his target text against a complex background of religious and philosophical systems, literary theories, and rhetorical techniques of the period, and argues that the world model of the Apocryphon of John is inseparable from the epistemological, theological, and aesthetic debates within contemporary Platonism. Poetics of the Gnostic Universe also discusses the composition and narrative logic of the Apocryphon of John , explores its revisionist attitude towards various literary models (Plato’s Timaeus , Wisdom literature, Genesis), and analyzes its peculiar discursive strategy of conjoining seemingly disconnected symbolic ‘codes’ while describing the derivation of a multi-layered universe from a single transcendent source.
Bible --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Apocryphon of John --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- 273.1*35 --- 273.1*35 Gnosis: Koptische bronnen: Nag Hammadi; Codex Jung; Evangelium veritatis --- Gnosis: Koptische bronnen: Nag Hammadi; Codex Jung; Evangelium veritatis --- Apocalypse of John (Gnostic) --- Secret book of John --- Secret revelation to John --- Apocryphon Johannis
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"Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field." With those words in Genesis, God condemns the serpent for tempting Adam and Eve, and the serpent has shouldered the blame ever since. But how would the study of religion change if we looked at the Fall from the snake's point of view? Would he appear as a bringer of wisdom, more generous than the God who wishes to keep his creation ignorant? Inspired by the early Gnostics who took that startling view, Jeffrey J. Kripal uses the serpent as a starting point for a groundbreaking reconsideration of religious studies and its methods. In a series of related essays, he moves beyond both rational and faith-based approaches to religion, exploring the erotics of the gospels and the sexualities of Jesus, John, and Mary Magdalene. He considers Feuerbach's Gnosticism, the untapped mystical potential of comparative religion, and even the modern mythology of the X-Men. Ultimately, The Serpent's Gift is a provocative call for a complete reorientation of religious studies, aimed at a larger understanding of the world, the self, and the divine.
Religion --- Gnosticism. --- Cults --- Philosophy. --- gnostic, gnosticism, study, academic, scholarly, research, religion, religious studies, faith, belief, christian, christianity, genesis, bible, biblical, god, adam, eve, temptation, eden, garden, literature, literary, wisdom, creation, creationism, essay collection, rational, gospel, sexuality, jesus, john the baptist, mary magdalene.
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Bart Ehrman--the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus and a recognized authority on the early Christian Church--and Zlatko Plese here offer a groundbreaking, multi-lingual edition of the Apocryphal Gospels, one that breathes new life into the non-canonical texts that were once nearly lost to history. In The Apocryphal Gospels, Ehrman and Plese present a rare compilation of over 40 ancient gospel texts and textual fragments that do not appear in the New Testament. This essential collection contains Gospels describing Jesus's infancy, ministry, Passion, and resurrection, as well
Apocryphal books (New Testament) --- New Testament apocryphal books --- Apocryphal gospels. --- Apocryphal Gospels --- 229*41 --- Gnostic Gospels --- Gospels (Apocryphal books) --- Non-canonical Gospels --- Apocriefe evangeliën van Barnabas, Bartholomaeus, Philippus, Nicodemus, Matias, Jozef de timmerman, van de Ebionieten, de Hebreeën, de Egyptenaren --- Apocryphal Gospels. --- RELIGION --- Biblical Studies --- Bible Study Guides. --- Apocryphes
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Paul Foster offers a clear and concise account of the apocryphal gospels. Exploring their origins, discovery and interpretation and examining controversies and case-studies, this title shows how the texts can offer us an important window on the vibrant and multi-faceted face of early Christianity.
Apocryphal gospels. --- Apocryphal Gospels --- 229*41 --- Gnostic Gospels --- Gospels (Apocryphal books) --- Non-canonical Gospels --- Apocryphal books (New Testament) --- Apocriefe evangeliën van Barnabas, Bartholomaeus, Philippus, Nicodemus, Matias, Jozef de timmerman, van de Ebionieten, de Hebreeën, de Egyptenaren --- Bible. Apocrypha --- Apocryphal Gospels. --- Preaching. --- United States. --- Preaching --- King, Martin Luther --- Sermons [American ] --- African American authors --- Oratory --- King, Martin Luther, - Jr., - 1929-1968. --- Sermons, American - Afro-American authors. --- Religion --- Biblical Studies
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