Cosmology and fate in gnosticism and Graeco-Roman antiquity under pitiless skies / by Nicola Denzey Lewis.

Author/creator Denzey Lewis, Nicola, 1966-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Descriptionxiii, 206 pages ; 25 cm.
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SeriesNag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, 0929-2470 ; volume 81
Contents Were the gnostics cosmic pessimists? -- Nag Hammadi and the providential cosmos -- "This body of death" : cosmic malevolence and enslavement to sin in Pauline exegesis -- Heimarmene at Nag Hammadi : the Apocryphon of John and On the origin of the world -- Middle platonism, Heimarmene, and the Corpus Hermeticum -- Ways out I : interventions of the savior god -- Ways out II : baptism and cosmic freedom : a new genisis -- Astral "determinism" in the Gospel of Judas -- Conclusions, and a new way forward.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index.
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LCCN 2012048689
ISBN9789004245488 (hardback : alkaline paper)