Images of the Feminine in GnosticismPapers from a conference held Nov. 19-25, 1985, in Claremont, Calif. and sponsored by the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Dept. of Religious Studies at Occidental College, and the Society of Biblical Literature. Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-446) and index. |
Contents
Observations on Coptic | 23 |
A Response to Gender and Generation | 41 |
Prouneikos A Colorful Expression to Designate Wisdom | 47 |
A Response to Prouneikos | 67 |
A Response to Jewish and Greek Heroines 16 | 91 |
Jesus Better Self | 113 |
A Response to Very Goddess and Very Man | 128 |
Female Figures in the Gnostic Sondergut in Hippolytuss | 136 |
A Response to Virginity and Subversion | 259 |
Revisiting Norea | 265 |
Corinthian Veils and Gnostic Androgynes | 276 |
A Response to Corinthian Veils | 293 |
The Social Functions of Womens Asceticism in the Roman | 308 |
A Response to The Social Functions of Womens Asceticism | 324 |
Sex Education in Gnostic Schools | 345 |
A Response to Sex Education in Gnostic Schools | 361 |
A Response to Female Figures | 153 |
A Response to Sophia and Christ | 177 |
Imagery and Hermeneutics | 187 |
A Response to Pursuing the Spiritual Eve | 207 |
A Response to The Holy Spirit Is a Double Name | 228 |
Norea Against the Powers in | 239 |
Augustines Manichean | 367 |
A Response to Vitiated Seeds and Holy Vessels | 402 |
Adam and Eve and the Serpent in Genesis 13 | 412 |
Works Cited | 425 |
Index | 447 |
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