عنوان

The Sethian Figures Micheus and Michar and their Relationship to Micah the Morasthite

شماره

LA110848

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

The Sethian Figures Micheus and Michar and their Relationship to Micah the Morasthite

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Riemer Roukema

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

In five Sethian texts, the supracelestial powers Micheus and Michar are involved in the baptism of those wishing to be initiated into the salvation that would enable them to ascend to a higher spiritual level. The provenance of these two names is unknown. This paper proposes two hypotheses: first, that Micheus and Michar are corruptions of the name of the biblical prophet Micah the Morasthite (Μιχαίας in the Septuagint and מיכה in Hebrew), and second, that Micheus and Michar may be considered Micah's supracelestial archetype. In favour of the first hypothesis, other examples of such corruptions in Sethian documents are given: Iesseus Mazareus Iessedekeus for Jesus Ναζωραῖος and δίκαιος, and Setheus for Seth. For the second hypothesis this paper refers to Melchizedek, Jacob, Jezebel, Joel, Malachi, and John the Baptist as other contemporaneous examples of heavenly or supracelestial archetypes of biblical persons. That Micah's archetype was involved in baptism may have been inspired by the final verses of the book of Micah on casting sins into the depths of the sea, which was interpreted as a reference to baptism. In five Sethian texts, the supracelestial powers Micheus and Michar are involved in the baptism of those wishing to be initiated into the salvation that would enable them to ascend to a higher spiritual level. The provenance of these two names is unknown. This paper proposes two hypotheses: first, that Micheus and Michar are corruptions of the name of the biblical prophet Micah the Morasthite (Μιχαίας in the Septuagint and מיכה in Hebrew), and second, that Micheus and Michar may be considered Micah's supracelestial archetype. In favour of the first hypothesis, other examples of such corruptions in Sethian documents are given: Iesseus Mazareus Iessedekeus for Jesus Ναζωραῖος and δίκαιος, and Setheus for Seth. For the second hypothesis this paper refers to Melchizedek, Jacob, Jezebel, Joel, Malachi, and John the Baptist as other contemporaneous examples of heavenly or supracelestial archetypes of biblical persons. That Micah's archetype was involved in baptism may have been inspired by the final verses of the book of Micah on casting sins into the depths of the sea, which was interpreted as a reference to baptism.

تاريخ نشر

2017

توصيف ظاهري

1-14

عنوان

Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies

شماره جلد

2/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2451-859X

اصطلاح موضوعی

baptism

اصطلاح موضوعی

gnosticism

اصطلاح موضوعی

heavenly archetypes

اصطلاح موضوعی

Micah the Morasthite

اصطلاح موضوعی

Ophites

اصطلاح موضوعی

ritual

اصطلاح موضوعی

Sethian literature

اصطلاح موضوعی

supracelestial archetypes

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Riemer Roukema

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/2451859X-12340024

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y