Images of rebirt h : cognitive poetics and transformational soteriology in the Gospel of Philip and the Exegesis on the Soul / / by Hugo Lundhaug.

• Author: Lundhaug, Hugo.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 73.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (611 p.)
• Notes: Appendix contains the texts of the Exegesis on the Soul and the Gospel of Philip in Coptic, with English translations on facing pages.; Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Bergen, 2007.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Chapter One. Introduction /; Chapter Two. Theoretical And Methodological Issues /; Chapter Three. The Feminisation Of The Soul /; Chapter Four. Deification And Christology In The Gospel Of Philip /; Chapter Five. Conclusion /; Figures /; Appendix. Texts And Translations /; Appendix A. The Exegesis On The Soul /; Appendix B. The Gospel Of Philip /; Bibliography /; Index Of Ancient Sources /; Exegesis on the Soul. Coptic. (Lundhaug); Exegesis on the Soul. English. (Lundhaug); Gospel of Philip. Coptic. (Lundhaug); Gospel of Philip. English. (Lundhaug)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-576) and index.
• ISBN: 1283160692; 9786613160690; 9004216502
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Hugo Lundhaug.

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.