Androgyne or Undrogyne?: Queering the Gnostic Myth
The androgyne, whether as a symbol, a concept, or a bodily reality, appears to be employed in different and sometimes apparently contradictory ways within gnostic discourse. On the one hand, the heavenly father himself is an androgyne (Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit 51–52); the divine Barbe...
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Brill
2014
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Year: 2014, Volume: 61, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 509-524 |
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Early Christianity
Gnosticism
androgyne
gender
sexuality
queer
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