عنوان

Gnostic Myth in Manichaeism?

شماره

LA110884

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Gnostic Myth in Manichaeism?

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Jason BeDuhn

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

The widespread assumption that the Manichaean religion depended on some antecedent form of "Gnosticism" requires critical assessment. Manichaean myth shows no distinctive points of connection to theogonic, cosmogonic, or cosmological details in those narratives typically classed as belonging to "gnostic" sects. Striking narrative parallels between Manichaean and "gnostic" accounts of anthropogenesis, therefore, are anomalous, and may be best explained by independent dependence on a common source, rather than direct contact between Manichaeans and gnostic groups. A variety of evidence suggests this common source to be Jewish demiurgical traditions inspired by a desire to insulate God from responsibility for flaws in human nature. In light of this analysis, Manichaean continuity directly with Jewish narrative traditions, without "gnostic" mediation, appears to be more fundamental to the religion's core myth than previously supposed. The widespread assumption that the Manichaean religion depended on some antecedent form of "Gnosticism" requires critical assessment. Manichaean myth shows no distinctive points of connection to theogonic, cosmogonic, or cosmological details in those narratives typically classed as belonging to "gnostic" sects. Striking narrative parallels between Manichaean and "gnostic" accounts of anthropogenesis, therefore, are anomalous, and may be best explained by independent dependence on a common source, rather than direct contact between Manichaeans and gnostic groups. A variety of evidence suggests this common source to be Jewish demiurgical traditions inspired by a desire to insulate God from responsibility for flaws in human nature. In light of this analysis, Manichaean continuity directly with Jewish narrative traditions, without "gnostic" mediation, appears to be more fundamental to the religion's core myth than previously supposed.

تاريخ نشر

2020

توصيف ظاهري

188-219

عنوان

Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies

شماره جلد

5/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2451-859X

اصطلاح موضوعی

anthropogenesis

اصطلاح موضوعی

cosmogony

اصطلاح موضوعی

cosmology

اصطلاح موضوعی

Manichaeism

اصطلاح موضوعی

Sethian Gnostic

اصطلاح موضوعی

theogony

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Jason BeDuhn

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/2451859X-12340093

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y