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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Main Author: Dunderberg, Ismo 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2013
In: New Testament studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 59, Issue: 2, Pages: 247-267
Further subjects:B Luxury
B mythmaking
B Nag Hammadi Library
B Emotions
B Platonic Christianity
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