Paradise reconsidered in Gnostic mythmaking rethinking Sethianism in light of the Ophite evidence / by Tuomas Rasimus.

Author/creator Rasimus, Tuomas
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Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill,
Descriptionxx, 355 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
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SeriesNag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; v. 68
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 68. ^A1136782
Contents Pt. I. Introduction. Rethinking Sethianism -- Pt. II. Myth and innovation. The serpent -- The creator and the Archons -- Sophia, Eve and gnosis -- Adam and Christ -- The pillars of Seth : Sethianization of Ophite and Barbeloite myths -- Pt. III. Ritual. Evidence for Ophite snake worship -- Anathema Iesous : Origen on the Ophite cursing of Jesus -- The Ophite seal, Sethian baptism and the Johannine prologue.
General noteRevision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Helsinki and Université Laval, 2006.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-312) and indexes.
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LCCN 2009029148
ISBN9789004173231 (hardback : alk. paper)
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