Paradise reconsidered in Gnostic mythmaking : rethinking Sethianism in light of the Ophite evidence / / by Tuomas Rasimus.
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| Superior document: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, v. 68 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ;
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| Physical Description: | xx, 355 p., 20 p. of plates :; ill. |
| Notes: | Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Helsinki and Universite Laval, 2006. |
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Table of Contents:
- pt. I. Introduction. Rethinking Sethianism
- pt. II. Myth and innovation. The serpent
- The creator and the Archons
- Sophia, Eve and gnosis
- Adam and Christ
- The pillars of Seth : Sethianization of Ophite and Barbeloite myths
- pt. III. Ritual. Evidence for Ophite snake worship
- Anathema Iesous : Origen on the Ophite cursing of Jesus
- The Ophite seal, Sethian baptism and the Johannine prologue.