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Heralds of that good realm : Syro-Mesopotamian gnosis and Jewish traditions

Title
Heralds of that good realm : Syro-Mesopotamian gnosis and Jewish traditions / by John C. Reeves.
Author
Reeves, John C.
Publication
Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1996.

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xii, 251 pages; 25 cm.
Summary
  • 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 that one lying behind the birth and growth of Manichaeism.
  • It surveys biblical pseudepigraphic literary activity in the late antique Near East, devoting special attention to revelatory works attributed to the five biblical forefathers who are cited in the Cologne Mani Codex: Adam, Seth, Enosh, Shem, and Enoch.
  • The author provides a philological, literary, and religio-historical analysis of each of the five pseudepigraphic citations contained in the 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.
  • This study is an important contribution to the scholarly reassessment of the roles played by Second Temple Judaism, Jewish Christian sectarianism, and classical gnosis in the formulation and development of Syro-Mesopotamian religious currents.
Series Statement
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, 0929-2470 ; 41
Uniform Title
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 41.
Subject
  • Cologne Mani codex
  • Manichaeism > Syria
  • Manichaeism > Iraq
  • Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
  • Patriarchs (Bible)
  • Syria > Religion
  • Iraq > Religion
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-230) and indexes.
Language (note)
  • Text in Greek and English.
Contents
Ch. 1. Manichaeism and the Biblical Forefathers -- Ch. 2. The Forefathers as Authors in Late Antique and Medieval Near Eastern Religious Traditions -- Ch. 3. The Apocalypse of Adam -- Ch. 4. The Apocalypse of Sethel -- Ch. 5. The Apocalypse of Enosh -- Ch. 6. The Apocalypse of Shem -- Ch. 7. The Apocalypse of Enoch -- Ch. 8. Reassessing Syro-Mesopotamian Gnosis and Jewish Traditions: Some Concluding Remarks.
ISBN
9004104593 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
96017953
OCLC
ocm35174715
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries