The Immovable Race: A Gnostic Designation and the Theme of Stability in Late Antiquity
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M.A. Williams’ book represents a revised version of a Harvard dissertation (1977). It is a well-documented and precise study of late antique terminology concerning immobility and stability as attributes of gods and characters representing either the best potentialities of the human race or the traits of transcendence. In gnostic texts, the expression “immovable race” refers to Seth and his posterity.