Gnosticism, Judaism, and Egyptian Christianity

Gnosticism, Judaism, and Egyptian Christianity

Gnosticism
Judaism
Christianity and other religions
Egypt -- Religion

The author places Gnosticism in its historical context and describes its manifold relationships to Judaism, early Christianity, and ancient Platonism, with special emphasis on the impact of Gnosticism on early Egyptian Christianity up to the seventh century.

Birger A. Pearson

Minneapolis : Fortress Press

Series: Studies in antiquity and Christianity.

Friedländer revisited : Alexandrian Judaism and Gnostic origins -- Biblical exegesis in Gnostic literature -- Jewish Haggadic traditions in The testimony of truth from Nag Hammadi (CG IX, 3) -- The figure of Seth in Gnostic literature -- The figure of Norea in Gnostic literature -- Cain and the Cainites -- The figure of Melchizedek in Gnostic literature -- Jewish elements in Gnosticism and the development of Gnostic self-definition -- Jewish elements in Corpus hermeticum I (Poimandres) -- Gnosticism as Platonism -- Philo, gnosis, and the New Testament -- Anti-heretical warnings in Codex IX from Nag Hammadi -- Gnosticism in early Egyptian Christianity.

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