The Books of Jeu and the Pistis Sophia as handbooks to eternity : : exploring the gnostic mysteries of the ineffable / / by Erin Evans.
Despite the surge of interest in Gnostic texts following the discovery of the Nag Hammadi library, the Coptic Books of Jeu and Pistis Sophia remain understudied. Often dismissed as convoluted, confused, and repetitious, Erin Evans convincingly shows that these texts represent the writings of a disti...
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| Superior document: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, Volume 89 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015. ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ;
v. 89. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Introduction
- The First Book of Jeu
- The Second Book of Jeu
- Diagrams in the Books of Jeu
- 4 Pistis Sophia (a)
- Part 1: Summary
- 4 Pistis Sophia (b)
- 3 Pistis Sophia
- Part 2: Summary
- 1/2 Pistis Sophia
- The Pistis Sophia Myth
- Part 3: Summary
- Conclusions
- The Jeuian System: Cosmologies
- Ranks of the Treasury of Light (2 Jeu B32(70),4–B37(75),32): Full List
- Bibliography
- Index.