Research Catalog

Title

From Christianity to gnosis and from gnosis to Christianity : an itinerary through the texts to and from the Tree of paradise / by Jean Magne ; forword by Michael Tardieu ; translated by A.F.W. Armstrong and revised by the author.

Author

Magne, Jean, 1910-

Publication

Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, ©1993.

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Additional Authors

Magne, Jean, 1910-

Description

xii, 240 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Brown Judaic studies ; no. 286

Uniform Title

• Logique des dogmes. English
• Brown Judaic studies ; no. 286.

Alternative Title

Logique des dogmes.

Subject

• Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History
• Bibel
• Christianity > Origin
• Gnosticism
• Gnostic literature > Relation to the New Testament
• Lord's Supper > Biblical teaching
• Gnostic literature > Relation to the Old Testament
• Tree of life
• Paradise
• Gnosticism > Relations > Christianity
• Christianity and other religions > Gnosticism
• paradise (doctrinal concept)
• Christianity > Origin
• Gnostic literature > Relation to the New Testament
• Gnostic literature > Relation to the Old Testament
• Gnosticism
• Lord's Supper > Biblical teaching
• Paradise
• Tree of life
• Christentum
• Gnosis
• Heilig Avondmaal
• Gnosticisme
• Christendom
• Paradijs

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History

Note

• "The present book comprises a partial translation of Logique des sacrements (Paris 1989) and the full text of Logique des dogmes"--CIP galleys.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-222) and index.

Contents

I. From Christianity to Gnosis -- 1. The Eucharistic Ritual and the Feeding Narratives -- 2. The Feeding Narrative and the Last Supper: The Celebration of the Breaking of Bread in Jewish Meals -- 3. The Definitions of the Bread and the Cup in the Last Supper Narratives -- 4. The Emmaus Disciples and Adam and Eve in Paradise -- 5. The History of the Eucharist -- II. From Gnosis to Christianity -- 6. Gnosis and Its Rejudaization -- 7. The Paradise Narrative in Gnostic Writings -- 8. The Paradise Narrative Before and After Gnostic Exegesis -- 9. The Problem of the Supreme God, the Scriptures, the Devil and Jesus, in the Clementine Homilies -- 10. Condemnation and Rehabilitation of the Jewish God in Gnostic Myths -- 11. The Identification of the Saviour Jesus With the Lord Sabaoth, and the Jewish God With the Father -- 12. Jesus Lord Sabaoth in the Liturgical Prayers Transferred to the Father Or the Three Divine Persons -- 13. The Philippians Hymn 2.6-11 -- 14. The Two Identifications of the Serpent With the Instructor Jesus and the Seducer Devil -- 15. The Problem of Historicization.

ISBN

• 1555408559
• 9781555408558

LCCN

93007328

OCLC

• ocm27811627
• 27811627
• SCSB-2011188

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library