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1 online resource. |
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Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies,
0929-2470 ;
41
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Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 41.
0929-2470
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| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Supplemental Abbreviations and Short References -- PART ONE: FROM FOREFATHERS TO HERALDS: THE TRANSFORMATION OF BIBLICAL PRIMEVAL HISTORY -- Chapter One: Manichaeism and the Biblical Forefathers -- The Succession of Incarnations of the Apostle of Light -- The Cologne Mani Codex and the Prophetic Succession -- Chapter Two: The Forefathers as Authors in Late Antique and Medieval Near Eastern Religious Traditions -- Books of Adam -- Books of Seth -- Books of Enosh -- Books of Shem -- Books of Enoch |
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Modes of Transmission -- PART TWO: THE CMC APOCALYPSE FRAGMENTS AND JEWISH PSEUDEPIGRAPHA -- Chapter Three: The Apocalypse of Adam -- Appendix: A Treasury of Manichaean Adam Traditions -- Chapter Four: The Apocalypse of Sethel -- Excursus: Seth as Recurrent Salvific Avatar -- Chapter Five: The Apocalypse of Enosh -- Chapter Six: The Apocalypse of Shem -- Chapter Seven: The Apocalypse of Enoch -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter Eight: Reassessing Syro-Mesopotamian Gnosis and Jewish Traditions: Some Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index of Citations -- Index of Ancient and Medieval Authorities |
| Summary |
This 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-230) and indexes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Text in Greek and English. |
| Subject |
Cologne Mani codex.
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Cologne Mani codex. |
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Cologne Mani codex. |
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Manichaeism -- Iraq.
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Manichaeism. |
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Iraq. |
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Manichaeism -- Syria.
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Syria. |
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Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
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Apocryphal books (Old Testament) |
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Patriarchs (Bible)
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Patriarchs (Bible) |
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Syria -- Religion.
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Religion. |
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Iraq -- Religion.
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| Other Form: |
Original 9004104593 9789004104594 (DLC) 96017953 (OCoLC)35174715 |
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9789004439702 (electronic book) |
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9004439706 (electronic book) |
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9004104593 |
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9789004104594 |
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