| Description |
xix, 228 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in antiquity and Christianity |
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Studies in antiquity and Christianity.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Friedländer revisited : Alexandrian Judaism and Gnostic origins -- Biblical exegesis in Gnostic literature -- Jewish Haggadic traditions in The testimony of truth from Nag Hammadi (CG IX, 3) -- The figure of Seth in Gnostic literature -- The figure of Norea in Gnostic literature -- Cain and the Cainites -- The figure of Melchizedek in Gnostic literature -- Jewish elements in Gnosticism and the development of Gnostic self-definition -- Jewish elements in Corpus hermeticum I (Poimandres) -- Gnosticism as Platonism -- Philo, gnosis, and the New Testament -- Anti-heretical warnings in Codex IX from Nag Hammadi -- Gnosticism in early Egyptian Christianity. |
| Subject |
Gnosticism.
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Egypt -- Religion.
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Judaism.
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Christianity and other religions.
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| ISBN |
0800631048 alkaline paper |
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9780800631048 alkaline paper |
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