The Wisdom Goddess : Feminine Motifs in Eight Nag Hammadi Documents Hardback
by Rose Harmon Arthur
Hardback
Description
Examines the defeminization which accompanies the Christianization appearing within the body of the eight gnostic texts which represent the Nag Hammadi documents.
Traces the decline in the symbolic prestige of personified feminine Sophia (wisdom) from the pre-Christian documents to later Christianized and Christian works.
Also includes critical translations of On the Origin of the World and The Thunder by Richard L.
Arthur.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:University Press of America
- Publication Date:20/08/1984
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- ISBN:9780819141712
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:University Press of America
- Publication Date:20/08/1984
- Category:
- ISBN:9780819141712