Mystery and secrecy in the Nag Hammadi collection and other ancient literature [electronic resource] : ideas and practices : studies for Einar Thomassen at sixty / edited by Christian H. Bull, Liv Ingeborg Lied, and John D. Turner.
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TextLanguage: English, French Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies: 76.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012Description: 1 online resource (xx, 540 p.)ISBN: 9004212078 (hardback : alk. paper); 9789004212077 (hardback : alk. paper); 9789004215122 (electronic book)Subject(s): Nag Hammadi codices | Gnostic literature -- History and criticism | Gnosticism | Manichaeism | MysteryDDC classification: 229/.9 LOC classification: BT1391 | .M97 2012Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | URL | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Pt. 1. Mystery and secrecy in the Nag Hammadi and related Gnostic writings. From the bowels of Hell to Draco : the mysteries of the Peratics / Interprétation d'une formule barbare chez les gnostiques valentiniens d'après le Contre les hérésies d'Irénée, I, 21,3 / Mystery and secrecy in The secret revelation of John / Sethian books of the Nag Hammadi library as secret books / "Joseph le charpentier planta un jardin ... " (EvPhil 73,8-9) : Sens apparent et sens caché dans l'Évangile selon Philippe / Invocation et glorification du Nom divin dans le Livre sacré du grand Esprit invisible ou Évangile égyptien (NHC III,2; NHC IV,2) / The term [mysterion] in Coptic-Manichaean texts / Secrets et révélation dans le codex Tchacos / I tell you a mystery : from hidden to revealed in Sethian revelation, ritual, and protology / April D. DeConick -- Jean-Daniel Dubois, Flavia Ruani -- Karen L. King -- Antti Marjanen -- Louis Painchaud -- Anne Pasquier -- Nils Arne Pedersen -- Madeleine Scopello -- John D. Turner --
pt. 2. Mystery and secrecy in other Christian practices, text traditions, and material culture. Mystery and secrecy in the Egyptian desert : esotericism and Evagrius of Pontus / Secrecy in the gospel of John / Living in tombs : the secret of an early Christian mystical experience / Mystery and authority in the writings of Shenoute / Mystery and secrecy in Paul / Mystère et mystères dans les Actes de Thomas / Revisiting the Ichthys : a suggestion concerning the origins of Christological fish symbolism / David Brakke -- Ismo Dunderberg -- Dimitris J. Kyrtatas -- Hugo Lundhaug -- Birger A. Pearson -- Paul-Hubert Poirier -- Tuomas Rasimus --
pt. 3. Mystery and secrecy in non-Christian practices, text traditions, and material culture. Secrecy and initiation in the Mithraic communities of fourth century Rome / Initiation into the Eleusinian mysteries : a "thin" description / The notion of mysteries in the formation of hermetic tradition / Those who know and those who don't : mystery, instruction, and knowledge in 2 Baruch / The 'Mithras liturgy" as mystery and magic / The secret hymn in hermetic texts / Cognitive and evolutionary approaches to ancient rituals : reflections on recent theories and their relevance for the historian of religion / Jonas Bjørnebye -- Jan N. Bremmer -- Christian H. Bull -- Liv Ingeborg Lied -- Marvin Meyer -- Jørgen Podemann Sørensen -- Risto Uro.
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Eighteen contributions in English and 5 in French.