Rasimus, Tuomas.

Paradise reconsidered in Gnostic mythmaking rethinking Sethianism in light of the Ophite evidence / [electronic resource] : by Tuomas Rasimus. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. - xx, 355 p., 20 p. of plates : ill. - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, v. 68 0929-2470 ; . - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 68. .

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Helsinki and Universit�e Laval, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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.


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