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Heralds of That Good Realm: Syro-Mesopotamian Gnosis and Jewish Traditions

By John C. Reeves

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
1996
ISBN
9004104593, 9789004104594
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12244194 bytes)
Series
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 41
Pages
265\265
Topic
Religion
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-05-26 18:44:23

Description

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 the one lying behind the birth and growth of Manichaeism. The author provides a philological, literary, and religio-historical analysis of each of the five pseudepigraphic citations contained in the Cologne Mani 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.

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