Sethians and their Texts in Christian Egypt in the 4th and 5th Centuries

The aim of this paper is to reassess the role played by the Sethians in 4th and 5th century Egyptian Christianity. It offers an extensive survey of the source evidence, directing particular attention to the texts outside the Nag Hammadi corpus. The contribution focuses on the manuscripts as they fun...

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Main Author: Piwowarczyk, Przemysław 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Morcelliana [2020]
In: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2020, Volume: 86, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-116
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Egypt (Antiquity) / Late Antiquity / Church / Sethians / Religious literature / History 300-500
RelBib Classification:BF Gnosticism
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
Further subjects:B Sethians
B Coptic manuscripts
B texts of ritual power
B Egyptian Religion
B Sethiani
B Christianity
B Nag Hammadi
B Polemics
B testi sul potere rituale
B Nag Hammadi Codices
B manoscritti copti

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520 |a Lo scopo di questo articolo è riconsiderare il ruolo dei sethiani nel cristianesimo egiziano del iv e v secolo d.C. Il presente lavoro offre un'ampia indagine delle fonti, riservando particolare attenzione ai testi non presenti nel corpus di Nag Hammadi. Il contributo si concentra sul ruolo dei manoscritti nel proprio milieu cristiano copto, dimostrando che la teologia sethiana ha innescato interpretazioni sia favorevoli (Ipostasi degli arconti, Sull'origine del mondo) che critiche (testi c.d. "Jeuiani"), così come aperte e dure polemiche manifeste (P. Berolinensis 20915), confutazioni da parte di Padri della chiesa (Epifanio) e riutilizzazioni nei vari testi sul potere rituale. Un'influenza così profonda e variegata non sembra potesse essere esercitata da una corrente di pensiero "eretica" morta da tempo, ma piuttosto da idee ancora vive e condivise da individui e gruppi. Questo saggio propone di localizzare queste persone all'interno della Chiesa, dove, solo raramente perseguite, hanno contribuito al cristianesimo egiziano con la propria originale eredità. [Abstract from author] 
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