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رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
LA110855
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
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انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Pseudonymity, Gnosis, and the Self in Gnostic Literature
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[Article]
First Statement of Responsibility
David Brakke
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Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Why did Sethian gnostic authors write pseudonymously? In addition to making a claim to authority, gnostic pseudepigraphy, exemplified by The Three Tablets of Seth, was multiple and performative, implying that the self is multiple-a manifestation of selfhood at different levels of a single reality-and that performing one's self as multiple provides a path to higher knowledge of one's self and thus of God. That is, gnostic pseudonymity stems from a distinctive understanding of the self and functions as a mystical practice that performs that understanding. The eschewal of pseudonymity in Valentinian literature reflects different conceptions of the self and of the path to gnosis. Why did Sethian gnostic authors write pseudonymously? In addition to making a claim to authority, gnostic pseudepigraphy, exemplified by The Three Tablets of Seth, was multiple and performative, implying that the self is multiple-a manifestation of selfhood at different levels of a single reality-and that performing one's self as multiple provides a path to higher knowledge of one's self and thus of God. That is, gnostic pseudonymity stems from a distinctive understanding of the self and functions as a mystical practice that performs that understanding. The eschewal of pseudonymity in Valentinian literature reflects different conceptions of the self and of the path to gnosis.
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Date of Publication
2017
Physical description
194-211
Title
Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies
Volume Number
2/2
International Standard Serial Number
2451-859X
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
mysticism
Subject Term
pseudepigraphy
Subject Term
self
Subject Term
Sethian Gnosticism
Subject Term
Three Steles of Seth
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
David Brakke
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10.1163/2451859X-12340036
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[Article]
275578
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