عنوان

μίξεώς τινι τέχνῃ κρείττονι

شماره

LA108329

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

μίξεώς τινι τέχνῃ κρείττονι

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Dylan M. Burns

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Among the most difficult-and fascinating-of the Coptic texts discovered near Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945, is the Paraphrase of Shem (NHC VII,1). Particularly mysterious are its opening pages, which describe the repeated descents and ascents of a savior-figure, who liberates spiritual light from the darkness with which it was once mixed. This liberation is described as, among other things, a series of obscure reactions between light, darkness, fire, heat, and weight-images whose meaning and motivation have yet to be explained by modern research. This contribution demonstrates that these and other metaphors used throughout NHC VII,1 derive from the contemporary metallurgical practice of tincturing, a practice which occupied a central role in the development of Greco-Egyptian alchemy. The essay concludes with reflections upon contemporary research into Gnosticism, alchemy, and esotericism. Among the most difficult-and fascinating-of the Coptic texts discovered near Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945, is the Paraphrase of Shem (NHC VII,1). Particularly mysterious are its opening pages, which describe the repeated descents and ascents of a savior-figure, who liberates spiritual light from the darkness with which it was once mixed. This liberation is described as, among other things, a series of obscure reactions between light, darkness, fire, heat, and weight-images whose meaning and motivation have yet to be explained by modern research. This contribution demonstrates that these and other metaphors used throughout NHC VII,1 derive from the contemporary metallurgical practice of tincturing, a practice which occupied a central role in the development of Greco-Egyptian alchemy. The essay concludes with reflections upon contemporary research into Gnosticism, alchemy, and esotericism.

تاريخ نشر

2015

توصيف ظاهري

81-108

عنوان

Aries

شماره جلد

15/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1570-0593

اصطلاح موضوعی

Alchemy

اصطلاح موضوعی

Early Christianity

اصطلاح موضوعی

Esotericism

اصطلاح موضوعی

Gnosticism

اصطلاح موضوعی

Magical Papyri

اصطلاح موضوعی

Nag Hammadi

اصطلاح موضوعی

Patristics

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Dylan M. Burns

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15700593-01501007

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y