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100	1		_aReeves, John, _eauthor.
245	0	0	_aHeralds of That Good Realm : _bSyro-Mesopotamian Gnosis and Jewish Traditions / _cJohn Reeves.
246	3		_aSyro-Mesopotamian Gnosis and Jewish Traditions
264		1	_aLeiden; _aBoston : _bBRILL, _c1996.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aNag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; _v41
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_tPreliminary Material / _rJohn C. Reeves -- _tPreface and Acknowledgments / _rJohn C. Reeves -- _tSupplemental Abbreviations and Short References / _rJohn C. Reeves -- _tFrom Forefathers to Heralds: The Transformation of Biblical Primeval History / _rJohn C. Reeves -- _tManichaeism and the Biblical Forefathers / _rJohn C. Reeves -- _tThe Forefathers as Authors in Late Antique and Medieval Near Eastern Religious Traditions / _rJohn C. Reeves -- _tThe CMC Apocalypse Fragments and Jewish Pseudepigrapha / _rJohn C. Reeves -- _tThe Apocalypse of Adam / _rJohn C. Reeves -- _tThe Apocalypse of Sethel / _rJohn C. Reeves -- _tThe Apocalypse of Enosh / _rJohn C. Reeves -- _tThe Apocalypse of Shem / _rJohn C. Reeves -- _tThe Apocalypse of Enoch / _rJohn C. Reeves -- _tConclusion / _rJohn C. Reeves -- _tReassessing Syro-Mesopotamian Gnosis and Jewish Traditions: Some Concluding Remarks / _rJohn C. Reeves -- _tBibliography / _rJohn C. Reeves -- _tIndex of Citations / _rJohn C. Reeves -- _tIndex of Ancient and Medieval Authorities / _rJohn C. Reeves -- _tIndex of Modern Authors / _rJohn C. Reeves.
520			_aThis volume examines the transmission of biblical pseudepigraphic literature and motifs from their largely Jewish cultural contexts in Palestine to developing gnostic milieux of Syria and Mesopotamia, particularly that one lying behind the birth and growth of Manichaeism. It surveys biblical pseudepigraphic literary activity in the late antique Near East, devoting special attention to revelatory works attributed to the five biblical forefathers who are cited in the Cologne Mani Codex : Adam, Seth, Enosh, Shem, and Enoch. The author provides a philological, literary, and religio-historical analysis of each of the five pseudepigraphic citations contained in the Codex , and offers hypotheses regarding the original provenance of each citation and the means by which these traditions have been adapted to their present context. This study is an important contribution to the scholarly reassessment of the roles played by Second Temple Judaism, Jewish Christian sectarianism, and classical gnosis in the formulation and development of Syro-Mesopotamian religious currents.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
630	0	0	_aCologne Mani codex.
650		0	_aManichaeism _zIraq.
650		0	_aManichaeism _zSyria.
650		0	_aManichaeism _xIraq.
650		0	_aApocryphal books (Old Testament)
650		0	_aPatriarchs (Bible)
651		0	_aSyria _xReligion.
651		0	_aIraq _xReligion.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tHeralds of That Good Realm : Syro-Mesopotamian Gnosis and Jewish Traditions, _dLeiden ; Boston : BRILL, 1996 _z9789004104594 _w(DLC) 96017953
830		0	_aNag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; _v41.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004439702
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