Moral Progress in Early Christian Stories of the Soul
This article explores the ways the story of the soul's present plight and its return to the divine realm is narrated in different Nag Hammadi treatises, and to what effect. The soul's condition is a central concern in two types of stories: there are (1) demiurgical myths, in which the soul...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2013
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New Testament studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 59, Issue: 2, Pages: 247-267 |
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B mythmaking B Nag Hammadi Library B Emotions B Platonic Christianity |
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