Neoplatonism and GnosticismRichard T. Wallis, Jay Bregman SUNY Press, 1 jan 1992 - 531 pagina's In recent decades our view of Gnosticism has been revolutionized by the discovery of a Coptic Gnostic library at Nag-Hammadi, Egypt. Currently, Gnosticism is seen as a phenomenon extending far beyond Christianity and displaying a strong Platonic influence. The opposition between the two systems was certainly not as sharp as Plotinus claimed. Where, why, and how the ideological lines were drawn is discussed in the light of the new historical evidence. |
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A Controversial Issue in Hellenistic Thought and Religion | 9 |
Platonic Gnostic and Christian | 33 |
The Second God in Gnosticism and Plotinuss AntiGnostic Polemic | 55 |
Synesius the Hermetica and Gnosis | 85 |
A Comparative Study | 99 |
Plotinuss AntiGnostic Polemic and Porphyrys Against the Christians | 111 |
Theological Doctrines of the Latin Asclepius | 129 |
Negative Theology in Gnosticism and Neoplatonism | 167 |
Theurgic Tendencies in Gnosticism and Iamblichuss Conception of Theurgy | 253 |
Beauty Number and Loss of Order in the Gnostic Cosmos | 277 |
Theories of Procession in Plotinus and the Gnostics | 297 |
A Christian and a Platonic Refutation of Manichaean Dualism | 337 |
Le Nombre et son Ombre Resume | 351 |
Questions on Self | 381 |
The Platonizing Sethian Texts from Nag Hammadi in their Relation to Later Platonic Literature | 425 |
Soul and Nous in Plotinus Numenius and Gnosticism | 461 |
The Platonism of the Tripartite Tractate NH I 5 | 187 |
The Noetic THad in Plotinus Marius Victorinus and Augustine | 207 |
The Myth of Eros and Psyche in Plotinus and Gnosticism | 223 |
The Name of the Father is the Son Gospel of Truth 38 | 239 |
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