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Tuomas Rasimus

Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking - Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence

English · Hardback

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Description

Examining the mythology in and social reality behind a group of texts rewriting Genesis, to which certain leaders of the early church occasionally attached the label a ~Ophite,a (TM) this book offers a new understanding of Sethianism and the origins of Gnosticism.

Product details

Authors	Tuomas Rasimus
Publisher	Brill

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	01.10.2009

EAN	9789004173231
ISBN	978-90-04-17323-1
No. of pages	400
Dimensions	165 mm x 246 mm x 25 mm
Weight	816 g
Series	Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Stu
Subjects	Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works

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