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Paradise reconsidered in Gnostic mythmaking

by Rasimus, Tuomas.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, 0929-2470 ; . v. 68 Published by : Brill, (Leiden ; | Boston :) Physical details: xx, 355 p., 20 p. of plates : ill.
Subject(s): Sethians. | Ophites. | Electronic books.
Year: 2009
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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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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