Apocalypse of the Alien God: Platonism and the Exile of Sethian Gnosticism
Biographical note: Dylan M. Burns is Research Associate at Leipzig University.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pa.
University of Pennsylvania Press
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Reviews: | Apocalypse of the Alien God: Platonism and the Exile of Sethian Gnosticism. By Dylan M. Burns (2014) (Edwards, Mark, 1962 -)
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| Further subjects: | B
Gnostic literature
History and criticism
B RELIGION / Gnosticism B Neoplatonism B Gnosticism B Apocalyptic Literature History and criticism |
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| Summary: | Biographical note: Dylan M. Burns is Research Associate at Leipzig University. Apocalypse of the Alien God shows that the fundamental break between the Platonic tradition and Judeo-Christianity began when the mystic Plotinus rejected the teachings of the Sethians, an influential group of Gnostics who operated at the intersection of Hellenic, Jewish, and Christian thought. |
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| ISBN: | 0812209222 |
| Access: | Restricted Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.9783/9780812209228 |