Mental Perception : A Commentary on NHC, VI, 4, The Concept of Our Great Power /
Williams, Frank,
Mental Perception : A Commentary on NHC, VI, 4, The Concept of Our Great Power / A Commentary on NHC, VI, 4, The Concept of Our Great Power Frank Williams. - 1 online resource. - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; 51 . - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; 51. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Introduction / Abbreviations and Short Titles / Policies / Text and Translation / Commentary / Hippolytus, Refutatio Omnium Haeresium 6.9.3-18.7 (HSim) and 5.9.5-6 (HRef Naas) / Other Notices of the Simonians and Their Teaching / The Authenticity of Hippolytus' Simonian Sources / HSim as a Simonian Source / Cherix's (1982) Perception of the Organization of GrP / Non-Sahidic Linguistic Features of Our "Non-Christian" and "Christian Instructions" / Analogs of the Simonian Ennoia in Other Literatures / "Power" or "Great Power" as a Divine Title / Samaritan Use of the Term, "Our Power" / Works Consulted / Index of Citations / Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies / Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams.
This book is a new edition and translation of the Nag Hammadi tractate, The Concept of Our Great Power , with introduction and commentary. It suggests that the tractate is composite, and that its basis was a non-Christian Gnostic apocalyptic work whose background may have been Samaritan, and which emanated from a breakaway Simonian group who, unlike other Simonians, believed in celibacy. The tractate later received Christian additions. The last of these may refer to the career of Julian the Apostate. This is a fresh approach to the interpretation of this puzzling tractate.
9789004439917 9789004116924
10.1163/9789004439917 DOI
Gnosticism.
BT1392.C652
299/.932
Mental Perception : A Commentary on NHC, VI, 4, The Concept of Our Great Power / A Commentary on NHC, VI, 4, The Concept of Our Great Power Frank Williams. - 1 online resource. - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; 51 . - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; 51. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Introduction / Abbreviations and Short Titles / Policies / Text and Translation / Commentary / Hippolytus, Refutatio Omnium Haeresium 6.9.3-18.7 (HSim) and 5.9.5-6 (HRef Naas) / Other Notices of the Simonians and Their Teaching / The Authenticity of Hippolytus' Simonian Sources / HSim as a Simonian Source / Cherix's (1982) Perception of the Organization of GrP / Non-Sahidic Linguistic Features of Our "Non-Christian" and "Christian Instructions" / Analogs of the Simonian Ennoia in Other Literatures / "Power" or "Great Power" as a Divine Title / Samaritan Use of the Term, "Our Power" / Works Consulted / Index of Citations / Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies / Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams -- Francis E. Williams.
This book is a new edition and translation of the Nag Hammadi tractate, The Concept of Our Great Power , with introduction and commentary. It suggests that the tractate is composite, and that its basis was a non-Christian Gnostic apocalyptic work whose background may have been Samaritan, and which emanated from a breakaway Simonian group who, unlike other Simonians, believed in celibacy. The tractate later received Christian additions. The last of these may refer to the career of Julian the Apostate. This is a fresh approach to the interpretation of this puzzling tractate.
9789004439917 9789004116924
10.1163/9789004439917 DOI
Gnosticism.
BT1392.C652
299/.932