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100 1 $aLewis, Nicola Denzey,$d1966-
245 10 $aCosmology and fate in Gnosticism and Graeco-Roman antiquity :$bunder pitiless skies /$cby Nicola Denzey Lewis.
246 30 $aUnder pitiless skies
263 $a1302
264 1 $aLeiden ;$aBoston :$bBrill,$c2013.
300 $axiii, 206 pages ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aNag Hammadi and Manichaean studies,$x0929-2470 ;$vvolume 81
500 $aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Princeton University, 1998.
520 8 $a"In this book, Nicola Denzey Lewis dismisses Hans Jonas' mischaracterization of second-century Gnosticism as a philosophically-oriented religious movement built on the perception of the cosmos as negative or enslaving. A focused study on the concept of astrological fate in 'Gnostic' writings including the Apocryphon of John, the recently-discovered Gospel of Judas, Trimorphic Protennoia, and the Pistis Sophia, this book reexamines their language of 'enslavement to fate' from its origins in Greek Stoicism, its deployment by the Apostle Paul, to its later use by a variety of second-century intellectuals (both Christian and non-Christian)."-- Publisher description.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index.
505 0 $aWere the Gnostics cosmic pessimists? -- Nag Hammadi and the providential cosmos -- This body of death : cosmic malevolence and enslavement to sin in Pauline exegesis -- Heimarmene at Nag Hammadi : the Apocryphon of John and On the origin of the world -- Middle Platonism, heimarmene, and the Corpus Hermeticum -- Ways out I : interventions of the savior god -- Ways out II : baptism and cosmic freedom : a new genesis -- Astral determinism in the Gospel of Judas -- Conclusions, and a new way forward.
520 8 $aIn this book, Nicola Denzey Lewis dismisses Hans Jonas' mischaracterization of second-century Gnosticism as a philosophically-oriented religious movement built on the perception of the cosmos as negative or enslaving. A focused study on the concept of astrological fate in 'Gnostic' writings including the Apocryphon of John, the recently-discovered Gospel of Judas, Trimorphic Protennoia, and the Pistis Sophia, this book reexamines their language of "enslavement to fate (Gk: heimarmene)" from its origins in Greek Stoicism, its deployment by the apostle Paul, to its later use by a variety of second-century intellectuals (both Christian and non-Christian). Denzey Lewis thus offers an informed and revisionist conceptual map of the ancient cosmos, its influence, and all those who claimed to be free of its potentially pernicious effects.
650 0 $aGnosticism.
650 0 $aChristianity and other religions$xGnosticism.
650 0 $aGnosticism$xRelations$xChristianity.
650 0 $aFate and fatalism$xReligious aspects.
650 0 $aCosmology.
630 00 $aNag Hammadi codices.
630 00 $aApocryphon of John.
630 00 $aSophia of Jesus Christ.
630 00 $aTripartite tractate.
600 10 $aJonas, Hans,$d1903-1993.
830 0 $aNag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ;$v81.
852 00 $bglx$hBT1390$i.L49 2013