Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, ISSN 0929-2470 ; v. 68
Revision of the author’s thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Helsinki and Universite Laval, 2006
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
pt. I. Introduction. Rethinking Sethianism -- pt. II. Myth and innovation. The serpent -- The creator and the Archons -- Sophia, Eve and gnosis -- Adam and Christ -- The pillars of Seth : Sethianization of Ophite and Barbeloite myths -- pt. III. Ritual. Evidence for Ophite snake worship -- Anathema Iesous : Origen on the Ophite cursing of Jesus -- The Ophite seal, Sethian baptism and the Johannine prologue.
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