Sethian Gnosticism And The Platonic Tradition

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Sethian Gnosticism And The Platonic Tradition

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Author : John Douglas Turner
language : en
Publisher: Presses Université Laval
Release Date : 2001

Sethian Gnosticism And The Platonic Tradition written by John Douglas Turner and has been published by Presses Université Laval this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Philosophy categories.

Apocalypse Of The Alien God

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Author : Dylan M. Burns
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2014-02-19

Apocalypse Of The Alien God written by Dylan M. Burns and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-19 with Philosophy categories.

In the second century, Platonist and Judeo-Christian thought were sufficiently friendly that a Greek philosopher could declare, "What is Plato but Moses speaking Greek?" Four hundred years later, a Christian emperor had ended the public teaching of subversive Platonic thought. When and how did this philosophical rupture occur? Dylan M. Burns argues that the fundamental break occurred in Rome, ca. 263, in the circle of the great mystic Plotinus, author of the Enneads. Groups of controversial Christian metaphysicians called Gnostics ("knowers") frequented his seminars, disputed his views, and then disappeared from the history of philosophy—until the 1945 discovery, at Nag Hammadi, Egypt, of codices containing Gnostic literature, including versions of the books circulated by Plotinus's Christian opponents. Blending state-of-the-art Greek metaphysics and ecstatic Jewish mysticism, these texts describe techniques for entering celestial realms, participating in the angelic liturgy, confronting the transcendent God, and even becoming a divine being oneself. They also describe the revelation of an alien God to his elect, a race of "foreigners" under the protection of the patriarch Seth, whose interventions will ultimately culminate in the end of the world. Apocalypse of the Alien God proposes a radical interpretation of these long-lost apocalypses, placing them firmly in the context of Judeo-Christian authorship rather than ascribing them to a pagan offshoot of Gnosticism. According to Burns, this Sethian literature emerged along the fault lines between Judaism and Christianity, drew on traditions known to scholars from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Enochic texts, and ultimately catalyzed the rivalry of Platonism with Christianity. Plunging the reader into the culture wars and classrooms of the high Empire, Apocalypse of the Alien God offers the most concrete social and historical description available of any group of Gnostic Christians as it explores the intersections of ancient Judaism, Christianity, Hellenism, myth, and philosophy.

Gnosticism Platonism And The Late Ancient World

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Author : Kevin Corrigan
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2013-07-25

Gnosticism Platonism And The Late Ancient World written by Kevin Corrigan and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-25 with Religion categories.

This Festschrift honors the life and work of John D. Turner (Charles J. Mach University Professor of Classics and History at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln) on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Professor Turner’s work has been of profound importance for the study of the interaction between Greek philosophy and Gnosticism in late antiquity. This volume contains essays by international scholars on a broad range of topics that deal with Sethian, Valentinian and other early Christian thought, as well as with Platonism and Neoplatonism, and offer a variety of perspectives spanning intellectual history, Greek and Coptic philology, and the study of religions.

The Platonizing Sethian Background Of Plotinus S Mysticism

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Author : Zeke Mazur
language : en
Publisher: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Stu
Release Date : 2020-10-15

The Platonizing Sethian Background Of Plotinus S Mysticism written by Zeke Mazur and has been published by Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Stu this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-15 with Philosophy categories.

Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction: The gnostic background of Plotinus's mysticism - The structure of Plotinus' ascent to mystical union with the One - The identity of prenoetic and hypernoetic subjects in Plotinus - "The way of ascent is the way of descent" : the mechanism of transcendental apprehension in Platonizing Sethian gnosticism - Conclusion: Dissolving boundaries

After The New Testament

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Author : Bart D. Ehrman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1999

After The New Testament written by Bart D. Ehrman and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Religion categories.

The remarkable diversity of Christianity during the formative years of the first three centuries has become a plain, even natural, "fact" for most ancient historians. However, until now there has been no source book of primary texts that reveals the many varieties of Christian beliefs, practices, ethics, experiences, confrontations, and self-understandings. To help readers recognize and experience the rich diversity of the early Christian movement, After the New Testament provides a wide range of texts, both "orthodox" and "heterodox". It includes such works as the Apostolic Fathers, the writings of Nag Hammadi, early pseudepigrapha, martyrologies, anti-Jewish tractates, heresiologies, canon lists, church orders, Liturgical texts, and theological treatises. In addition, rather than including only fragments of texts, this collection provides substantial sections -- entire documents wherever possible -- organized under social and historical rubrics.

Gnostic Religion In Antiquity

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Author : R. van den Broek
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-01-24

Gnostic Religion In Antiquity written by R. van den Broek and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-24 with History categories.

An examination of Gnostic religion in Late Antiquity within its historical and religious context, using Greek, Latin and Coptic sources.

A Companion To Religion In Late Antiquity

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Author : Josef Lössl
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2018-05-22

A Companion To Religion In Late Antiquity written by Josef Lössl and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-22 with History categories.

A comprehensive review of the development, geographic spread, and cultural influence of religion in Late Antiquity A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity offers an authoritative and comprehensive survey of religion in Late Antiquity. This historical era spanned from the second century to the eighth century of the Common Era. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, the Companion explores the evolution and development of religion and the role various religions played in the cultural, political, and social transformations of the late antique period. The authors examine the theories and methods used in the study of religion during this period, consider the most notable historical developments, and reveal how religions spread geographically. The authors also review the major religious traditions that emerged in Late Antiquity and include reflections on the interaction of these religions within their particular societies and cultures. This important Companion: Brings together in one volume the work of a notable team of international scholars Explores the principal geographical divisions of the late antique world Offers a deep examination of the predominant religions of Late Antiquity Examines established views in the scholarly assessment of the religions of Late Antiquity Includes information on the current trends in late-antique scholarship on religion Written for scholars and students of religion, A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity offers a comprehensive survey of religion and the influence religion played in the culture, politics, and social change during the late antique period.

Philo Of Alexandria

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Author : D.T. Runia
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2011-10-28

Philo Of Alexandria written by D.T. Runia and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-28 with Religion categories.

This volume, prepared with the collaboration of the International Philo Bibliography Project, is the third in a series of annotated bibliographies on the Jewish exegete and philosopher Philo of Alexandria. It contains a listing of all scholarly writings on Philo for the period 1997 to 2006.

Reincarnation In America

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Author : Lee Irwin
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2017-07-31

Reincarnation In America written by Lee Irwin and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-31 with Religion categories.

Reincarnation in America: An Esoteric History surveys the complex history of reincarnation theories across multiple fields of discourse in a pre-American context, ranging from early Greek traditions to Medieval Christian theories, Renaissance esotericism, and European Kabbalah, all of which had adherents that brought those theories to America. Rebirth theories are shown in all these groups to be highly complex and often disjunctive with mainstream religions even though members of conventional religions frequently affirm the possibility of rebirth. As a history of an idea, reincarnation theory is a current, vital belief pattern that cuts across a wide spectrum of social, cultural, and scientific domains in a long, complex history not reducible to any specific religious or theoretical explanation. This book is cross-disciplinary and multicultural, linking religious studies perspectives with science based research; it draws upon many distinct disciplines and avoids reduction of reincarnation to any specific theory. The underlying thesis is to demonstrate the complexity of reincarnation theories; what is unique is the historical overview and the gradual shift away from religious theories of rebirth to new theories that are therapeutic and trans-traditional.

John Of Damascus And Islam

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Author : Peter Schadler
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2017-12-05

John Of Damascus And Islam written by Peter Schadler and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-05 with Religion categories.

How did Islam come to be considered a Christian heresy? In this book, Peter Schadler outlines the intellectual background of the Christian Near East that led John, a Christian serving in the court of the caliph in Damascus, to categorize Islam as a heresy. Schadler shows that different uses of the term heresy persisted among Christians, and then demonstrates that John’s assessment of the beliefs and practices of Muslims has been mistakenly dismissed on assumptions he was highly biased. The practices and beliefs John ascribes to Islam have analogues in the Islamic tradition, proving that John may well represent an accurate picture of Islam as he knew it in the seventh and eighth centuries in Syria and Palestine.