Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism

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Fortress Press, 1988 - Philosophy - 455 pages
Papers 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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