Autore	Lee Philip J.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (368 p.)
Disciplina	273.1
Collana	Oxford scholarship online
Soggetto topico	Gnosticism Protestantism - 20th century
ISBN	0-19-028209-6 0-19-773812-5 9786610760343 1-280-76034-6 0-19-802111-9 0-19-535919-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; PART I: GNOSTICISM IN CONFLICT WITH THE FAITH; 1. Gnosticism as a Type of Religion; 2. Gnosticism as a Heresy; 3. Gnosticism Within the Orthodox Faith; PART II: GNOSTICISM IN ASCENDANCE IN NORTH AMERICA; 4. Alienation: From Gratitude to Despair; 5. Protestant Gnosis: From Holy Event to Private Illumination; 6. Modern Escape-from the Home of the Brave?; 7. Narcissism: From the Sacred Community to the Inner Self; 8. Elitism: From the Many to the Few; 9. Syncretism: From the Particular to the Nebulous PART III: GNOSTICISM ESTABLISHED WITHIN NORTH AMERICAN PROTESTANTISM: RESULTS AND REFORM10. Results of a Gnosticized Protestantism; 11. The Degnosticizing of Protestantism: The Renewal of Hope; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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Autore	Burns Dylan M
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (342 p.)
Disciplina	299/.932
Collana	Divinations : Rereading Late Ancient Religion
Soggetto topico	Apocalyptic literature - History and criticism Gnostic literature - History and criticism Gnosticism Neoplatonism
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8122-0922-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Culture Wars -- 2. Plotinus Against His Gnostic Friends -- 3. Other Ways of Writing -- 4. The Descent -- 5. The Ascent -- 6. The Crown -- 7. Between Judaism, Christianity, and Neoplatonism -- Appendix: Reading Porphyry on the Gnostic Heretics and Their Apocalypses -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
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Autore	Van Bladel Kevin Thomas
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (291 p.)
Disciplina	135/.45
Collana	Oxford studies in late antiquity
Soggetto topico	Theosophy Gnosticism Science, Ancient
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	9786612335365 0-19-970448-1 1-282-33536-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Note on Documentation and Transliteration""; ""Part I: Background""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1 The Ancient Greek Hermetica of Roman Egypt and Their European Reception""; ""1.2 The Reception of the Greek Hermetica in Antiquity""; ""1.3 The Birth of Arabic Scholarship and the Books of the Ancients in Bagdad""; ""1.4 Understanding the Terms Hermetic and Hermetism in the Arabic Context""; ""2. Hermes in Sasanian Iran""; ""2.1 Evidence for Hermes in Sasanian Magical Texts""; ""2.2 The Hermes of the Sasanian Astrologers"" ""3.4 The Evidence for a Harranian Sabian Transmission of the Hermetica""""3.5 The End of the Harranian Sabians""; ""3.6 Conclusions""; ""Appendix to Chapter 3. The Harranians and India""; ""Part II: History of the Arabic Hermes""; ""4. The Three Hermeses""; ""4.1 The Earliest Form of the Arabic Legend of Three Hermeses""; ""4.2 Ancient Greek Antecedents to the Arabic Legend""; ""4.3 A Trail of Chronicles""; ""4.4 Annianus in Syriac and Arabic""; ""4.5 Abu Maâ€?Å¡ar as a Chronographer""; ""4.6 Other Aspects of the Hermes Legend""; ""4.7 The Third Hermes""; ""4.8 Conclusions"" ""5. Hermes the Prophet""""5.1 The Heavenly Ascent of Hermes""; ""5.2 Hermes the Lawgiver: Hermes as Presented by al-MubaÅ¡Å¡ir ibn Fatik""; ""5.3 The Wisdom of the Arabic Hermes""; ""5.4 The Synthesis in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries and Beyond""; ""6. Conclusion: The Making of the Arabic Hermes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""
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Autore	Dunderberg Ismo
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York : , : Columbia University Press, , [2008]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (653 p.)
Disciplina	273/.1
Soggetto topico	Valentinians Gnosticism
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-231-51259-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	The school of Valentinus after gnosticism -- Myth, lifestyle, and the world in the fragments of Valentinus -- Immortality as a way of life -- Adam's frank speech -- Cosmic sympathy and the origin of evil -- Valentinian cosmogony, lifestyle, and other Christians -- Myth and lifestyle for beginners -- Myth and the therapy of emotions -- The Creator-God and the cosmos -- Walk like a Valentinian -- Two classes of Christians in practice -- Myth, society, and non-Christians -- Myth, society, and the oppressed church -- Myth and ethnic boundaries -- Valentinian secretiveness reconsidered -- Appendix: Remarks on the sources of Irenaeus's and Hippolytus's accounts of Valentinian theology.
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