Heralds of That Good Realm
Syro-Mesopotamian Gnosis and Jewish Traditions
Seiten
1996
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-10459-4 (ISBN)
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-10459-4 (ISBN)
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.
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.
John C. Reeves, Ph.D. (1989), Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, is Blumenthal Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is the author of Jewish Lore in Manichaean Cosmogony (HUC Press, 1992) and of diverse articles exploring intertextual relationships among varieties of Judaism, Christianity, gnostic communities, and Islam.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.9.1996 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; 41 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 567 g |
| Einbandart | Leinen |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-10459-3 / 9004104593 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-10459-4 / 9789004104594 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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