Mental perception : : a commentary on NHC VI, 4 : the concept of our great power / / Francis E. Williams.

• Superior document: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; 51
• VerfasserIn: Williams, Francis E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 51.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This book is a new edition and translation of the Nag Hammadi tractate, The Concept of Our Great Power , with introduction and commentary. It suggests that the tractate is composite, and that its basis was a non-Christian Gnostic apocalyptic work whose background may have been Samaritan, and which e...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / Francis E. Williams
• Introduction / Francis E. Williams
• Abbreviations and Short Titles / Francis E. Williams
• Policies / Francis E. Williams
• Text and Translation / Francis E. Williams
• Commentary / Francis E. Williams
• Hippolytus, Refutatio Omnium Haeresium 6.9.3-18.7 (HSim) and 5.9.5-6 (HRef Naas) / Francis E. Williams
• Other Notices of the Simonians and Their Teaching / Francis E. Williams
• The Authenticity of Hippolytus' Simonian Sources / Francis E. Williams
• HSim as a Simonian Source / Francis E. Williams
• Cherix's (1982) Perception of the Organization of GrP / Francis E. Williams
• Non-Sahidic Linguistic Features of Our "Non-Christian" and "Christian Instructions" / Francis E. Williams
• Analogs of the Simonian Ennoia in Other Literatures / Francis E. Williams
• "Power" or "Great Power" as a Divine Title / Francis E. Williams
• Samaritan Use of the Term, "Our Power" / Francis E. Williams
• Works Consulted / Francis E. Williams
• Index of Citations / Francis E. Williams
• Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies / Francis E. Williams.