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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Morcelliana
[2020]
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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
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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 |