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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781400822218
035 _a(DE-B1597)446101
035 _a(OCoLC)979749078
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050 4 _aBT1390
072 7 _aREL033000
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082 0 4 _a299.932
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aWilliams, Michael Allen
_eautore
245 1 0 _aRethinking "Gnosticism" :
_bAn Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category /
_cMichael Allen Williams.
250 _aCourse Book
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[1999]
264 4 _c©1996
300 _a1 online resource (360 p.) :
_b3 line drawings 8 tables
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tCONTENTS --
_tFIGURES AND TABLES --
_tPREFACE --
_tABBREVIATIONS --
_tINTRODUCTION --
_tCHAPTER ONE. What Kind of Thing Do Scholars Mean by “Gnosticism”?. A LOOK AT FOUR CASES --
_tCHAPTER TWO. “Gnosticism” as a Category --
_tCHAPTER THREE. Protest Exegesis? or Hermeneutical Problem-Solving? --
_tCHAPTER FOUR. Parasites? or Innovators? --
_tCHAPTER FIVE. Anticosmic World-Rejection? or Sociocultural Accommodation? --
_tCHAPTER SIX. Hatred of the Body? or the Perfection of the Human? --
_tCHAPTER SEVEN. Asceticism . . . ? --
_tCHAPTER EIGHT . . . or Libertinism? --
_tCHAPTER NINE. Deterministic Elitism? or Inclusive Theories of Conversion? --
_tCHAPTER TEN. Where They Came From . . . --
_tCHAPTER ELEVEN . . . and What They Left Behind --
_tCONCLUSION --
_tNOTES --
_tMODERN WORKS CITED --
_tINDEX
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aMost anyone interested in such topics as creation mythology, Jungian theory, or the idea of "secret teachings" in ancient Judaism and Christianity has found "gnosticism" compelling. Yet the term "gnosticism," which often connotes a single rebellious movement against the prevailing religions of late antiquity, gives the false impression of a monolithic religious phenomenon. Here Michael Williams challenges the validity of the widely invoked category of ancient "gnosticism" and the ways it has been described. Presenting such famous writings and movements as the Apocryphon of John and Valentinian Christianity, Williams uncovers the similarities and differences among some major traditions widely categorized as gnostic. He provides an eloquent, systematic argument for a more accurate way to discuss these interpretive approaches. The modern construct "gnosticism" is not justified by any ancient self-definition, and many of the most commonly cited religious features that supposedly define gnosticism phenomenologically turn out to be questionable. Exploring the sample sets of "gnostic" teachings, Williams refutes generalizations concerning asceticism and libertinism, attitudes toward the body and the created world, and alleged features of protest, parasitism, and elitism. He sketches a fresh model for understanding ancient innovations on more "mainstream" Judaism and Christianity, a model that is informed by modern research on dynamics in new religious movements and is freed from the false stereotypes from which the category "gnosticism" has been constructed.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jan 2023)
650 0 _aGnosticism.
650 7 _aRELIGION / History.
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653 _aAgainst the Galilaeans.
653 _aAgrippa Castor.
653 _aAnchorite.
653 _aAnthropomorphism.
653 _aAnti-Judaism.
653 _aAntinomianism.
653 _aAntipope.
653 _aApocalypse.
653 _aApocrypha.
653 _aApocryphon.
653 _aApostasy.
653 _aAsceticism.
653 _aBlasphemy.
653 _aBorborites.
653 _aCainites.
653 _aCatharism.
653 _aCelibacy.
653 _aCerdo (gnostic).
653 _aCerinthus.
653 _aChristian Identity.
653 _aChristian fundamentalism.
653 _aChristianity.
653 _aChurch Fathers.
653 _aClement of Alexandria.
653 _aConsubstantiality.
653 _aContra Celsum.
653 _aCreation myth.
653 _aDemiurge.
653 _aDemonization.
653 _aDialogue with Trypho.
653 _aDivine Spark.
653 _aDoctrine.
653 _aElohim.
653 _aEpiphanes (gnostic).
653 _aEpistle to the Laodiceans.
653 _aErnst Troeltsch.
653 _aExegesis.
653 _aExorcism.
653 _aFalse prophet.
653 _aGnosticism.
653 _aGod.
653 _aGood and evil.
653 _aGospel of Eve.
653 _aGospel of Philip.
653 _aHeresy of the Free Spirit.
653 _aHeresy.
653 _aHeterodoxy.
653 _aHoly Book of the Great Invisible Spirit.
653 _aIdeal type.
653 _aIncorruptibility.
653 _aInfidel.
653 _aIrenaeus.
653 _aJews.
653 _aJudaism.
653 _aJudas Iscariot.
653 _aJustification (theology).
653 _aJustin Martyr.
653 _aManichaeism.
653 _aMarcion of Sinope.
653 _aMarcionism.
653 _aMartyr.
653 _aMetempsychosis.
653 _aNew religious movement.
653 _aNicolaism.
653 _aOrthodox Judaism.
653 _aPlotinus.
653 _aPredestination.
653 _aProblem of evil.
653 _aPseudo-Philo.
653 _aPuritans.
653 _aPythagoreanism.
653 _aReform Judaism.
653 _aReligion.
653 _aReligious text.
653 _aRenunciation.
653 _aSacred prostitution.
653 _aSatan.
653 _aSect.
653 _aSecularization.
653 _aSelf-denial.
653 _aSethianism.
653 _aSexual Desire (book).
653 _aSexual abstinence.
653 _aSimon Magus.
653 _aSkepticism.
653 _aSophia (Gnosticism).
653 _aSpiritual marriage.
653 _aSpirituality.
653 _aSuperiority (short story).
653 _aTertullian.
653 _aThe Other Hand.
653 _aTheodicy.
653 _aTheodotus of Byzantium.
653 _aTheology.
653 _aThou shalt not commit adultery.
653 _aThou shalt not covet.
653 _aTractate.
653 _aWickedness.
653 _aWriting.
653 _aZostrianos.
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