Flora tells a story: the Apocalypse of Paul and its contexts
In early Christianity, many people were inspired to write gospels, treatises, letters, and stories celebrating the new faith, but not all of these writings are found in the New Testament. One such story from an unknown author is the Coptic, gnostic "Apocalypse of Paul", a tale of the apost...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Waterloo, Ont.
Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
2008
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Studies in christianity and judaism (19)
Year: 2008 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Kaler, Michael, Flora tells a story] (2018) (Dubois, Jean-Daniel, 1946 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Studies in christianity and judaism
19 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Paulusapokalypse (Nag Hammadi)
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B Paulusapokalypse (Nag Hammadi) / Theology / Cosmology B Paulusapokalypse (Nag Hammadi) / Apocalypticism |
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Apocalypse of Paul (Coptic version)
Criticism, interpretation, etc
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| Summary: | In early Christianity, many people were inspired to write gospels, treatises, letters, and stories celebrating the new faith, but not all of these writings are found in the New Testament. One such story from an unknown author is the Coptic, gnostic "Apocalypse of Paul", a tale of the apostle Paul's ascent to the heavens that was lost for millennia and rediscovered at Nag Hammadi in 1945. In this book, Michael Kaler discusses the Apocalypse of Paul and how it was shaped by its literary environment. The book takes a behind the scenes look at early Christian literary production, analysing the ways in which various literary traditions - such as apocalyptic writings, gnostic thought, and understandings of Paul - influenced the author of the "Apocalypse of Paul" and helped to shape the text. It also includes a new annotated English translation of the "Apocalypse of Paul" and a fictional account of how it might have come to be written. This work is the most in-depth study of the "Apocalypse of Paul" to date and the only full-length discussion of it in English. It provides a detailed but accessible account of the literary environment in which its author worked and integrates this little-known work into the broader stream of early Christian writings. This book will be of interest to specialists in Nag Hammadi and gnostic studies and early Christian literature, but will also appeal to the general reader interested in Christianity, mysticism, and gnosticism. |
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| Item Description: | Includes a new English translation from the Coptic of the Apocalyse of Paul |
| ISBN: | 1554580447 |