Beyond the Gnostic Gospels
Studies Building on the Work of Elaine Pagels
Edited by Eduard Iricinschi Edited by Philippa Townsend Edited by Lance Jenott Edited by Nicola Denzey Lewis
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(November 2013)
ISBN: 9783161528347
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This volume gathers contributions from both junior and senior scholars whose studies have developed in dialogue with Elaine Pagels’ work on Nag Hammadi literature and ancient heresiology. The essays engage each stage of Pagels’ vast trajectory, and provide critical evaluations of the field of “Gnosticism studies.”
Published initially in 1979, Pagels’ The Gnostic Gospels represents a landmark of scholarship in religious studies. It not only made the Nag Hammadi writings and Gnosticism popular topics in modern culture, it also invited scholars to rethink early Christianity from new perspectives. After The Gnostic Gospels, Elaine Pagels extended her research in various directions, from perceptions of sexuality in early Christianity and identity politics in the creation of the “Satan figure” to the role of ritual in Nag Hammadi texts, and, recently, the Gospel of Judas and ancient apocalypses. The studies included in this volume engage each stage of Pagels’ vast trajectory, and provide critical evaluations of the field of “Gnosticism studies.” The studies include new interpretations of the Nag Hammadi texts and fresh analyses of ancient heresiological literature. Contributors: Harold Attridge, April DeConick, Ismo Dunderberg, John Gager, Deirdre Good, Eduard Iricinschi, Lance Jenott, David Jorgensen, Karen King, Nicola Denzey Lewis, AnneMarie Luijendijk, Hugo Lundhaug, John Marshall, Marvin Meyer, Geoff Smith, Einar Thomassen, John D. Turner, Michael A. Williams, Holger Zellentin
Harold Attridge: Plato, Plutarch, and John: Three Symposia about Love - April DeConick: Gnostic Spirituality at the Crossroads of Christianity: Transgressing Boundaries and Creating Orthodoxy - Ismo Dunderberg: How Far Can You Go? Jesus, John, the Synoptics and Other Texts - John Gager: Paul the Zealot, A Man of Constant Sorrow - Deirdre Good: Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Egypt - Eduard Iricinschi: 'The Teaching Hidden in Silence' (NH II 1,4): Questions, Answers, and Secrets in a Fourth-Century Egyptian Book - Lance Jenott: Clergy, Clairvoyance, and Conflict: The Synod of Latopolis and the Problem with Pachomius' Visions - David Jorgensen: "Nor is one ambiguity resolved by another ambiguity": Irenaeus of Lyons and the Rhetoric of Interpretation - Karen King: Rethinking the Diversity of Ancient Christianity: Responding to Suffering and Persecution - Nicola Denzey Lewis: The Problem of Bad Baptisms: Rethinking Early Christian Initiation and Its Implications - AnneMarie Luijendijk: Buried and Raised: Gospel of Thomas Logion 5 and Resurrection - Hugo Lundhaug: Begotten, Not Made, to Arise in This Flesh: The Post-Nicene Soteriology of the Gospel of Philip - John Marshall: 6 Ezra and Jewish Reception of Revelation - Marvin Meyer: Thought, Forethought, and Afterthought in the Secret Book of John - Geoff Smith: Irenaeus, the Will of God, and Anti-Valentinian Polemics: A Closer Look at Against the Heresies I.12.1 - Einar Thomassen: The Valentinian Materials in James (NHC V,3 and CT,2) - John D. Turner: Baptismal Vision, Angelification, and Mystical Union in Sethian Literature - Michael A. Williams: A Life Full of Meaning and Purpose: Demiurgical Myths and Social Implications - Holger Zellentin: Jesus and the Tradition of the Elders: Originalism and Traditionalism in Early Judean Legal Theory
- Edited by Eduard Iricinschi
- Edited by Philippa Townsend
- Edited by Lance Jenott
- Edited by Nicola Denzey Lewis
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