Cosmology and fate in Gnosticism and Graeco-Roman antiquity : under pitiless skies /
Lewis, Nicola Denzey, 1966-
Cosmology and fate in Gnosticism and Graeco-Roman antiquity : under pitiless skies / by Nicola Denzey Lewis. - 1 online resource (xiii, 206 pages) - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, v. 81 0929-2470 ; . - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 81. Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248649. .
Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 14, 2013).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter / Introduction / Were the Gnostics Cosmic Pessimists? / Nag Hammadi and the Providential Cosmos / ‘This Body of Death’: Cosmic Malevolence and Enslavement to Sin in Pauline Exegesis / Heimarmene at Nag Hammadi: The Apocryphon of John and On the Origin of the World / Middle Platonism, Heimarmene, and the Corpus Hermeticum / Ways Out I: Interventions of the Savior God / Ways Out II: Baptism and Cosmic Freedom: A New Genesis / Astral ‘Determinism’ in the Gospel of Judas / Conclusions, and a New Way Forward / Selected Bibliography / Subject Index / Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis.
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In Cosmology and Fate in Gnosticism and Graeco-Roman Antiquity , Nicola Denzey Lewis dismisses Hans Jonas' mischaracterization of second-century Gnosticism as a philosophically-oriented religious movement built on the perception of the cosmos as negative or enslaving. A focused study on the concept of astrological fate in “Gnostic” writings including the Apocryphon of John, the recently-discovered Gospel of Judas, Trimorphic Protennoia, and the Pistis Sophia, this book reexamines their language of “enslavement to fate (Gk: heimarmene)” from its origins in Greek Stoicism, its deployment by the apostle Paul, to its later use by a variety of second-century intellectuals (both Christian and non-Christian). Denzey Lewis thus offers an informed and revisionist conceptual map of the ancient cosmos, its influence, and all those who claimed to be free of its potentially pernicious effects.
9789004245761
10.1163/9789004245761 DOI
Gnosticism.
Cosmology.
Fate and fatalism.
RELIGION / Gnosticism
BT1390 / .L49 2013
299/.932
Cosmology and fate in Gnosticism and Graeco-Roman antiquity : under pitiless skies / by Nicola Denzey Lewis. - 1 online resource (xiii, 206 pages) - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, v. 81 0929-2470 ; . - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 81. Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248649. .
Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 14, 2013).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter / Introduction / Were the Gnostics Cosmic Pessimists? / Nag Hammadi and the Providential Cosmos / ‘This Body of Death’: Cosmic Malevolence and Enslavement to Sin in Pauline Exegesis / Heimarmene at Nag Hammadi: The Apocryphon of John and On the Origin of the World / Middle Platonism, Heimarmene, and the Corpus Hermeticum / Ways Out I: Interventions of the Savior God / Ways Out II: Baptism and Cosmic Freedom: A New Genesis / Astral ‘Determinism’ in the Gospel of Judas / Conclusions, and a New Way Forward / Selected Bibliography / Subject Index / Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Nicola Denzey Lewis.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
In Cosmology and Fate in Gnosticism and Graeco-Roman Antiquity , Nicola Denzey Lewis dismisses Hans Jonas' mischaracterization of second-century Gnosticism as a philosophically-oriented religious movement built on the perception of the cosmos as negative or enslaving. A focused study on the concept of astrological fate in “Gnostic” writings including the Apocryphon of John, the recently-discovered Gospel of Judas, Trimorphic Protennoia, and the Pistis Sophia, this book reexamines their language of “enslavement to fate (Gk: heimarmene)” from its origins in Greek Stoicism, its deployment by the apostle Paul, to its later use by a variety of second-century intellectuals (both Christian and non-Christian). Denzey Lewis thus offers an informed and revisionist conceptual map of the ancient cosmos, its influence, and all those who claimed to be free of its potentially pernicious effects.
9789004245761
10.1163/9789004245761 DOI
Gnosticism.
Cosmology.
Fate and fatalism.
RELIGION / Gnosticism
BT1390 / .L49 2013
299/.932