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Uniform Title Paraphrase of Shem. English.
Title The paraphrase of Shem (NH VII, 1) : introduction, translation, and commentary / by Michel Roberge
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 189 pages)
Series Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; v. 72
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 72.
Contents Foreword; Abbreviations to Periodicals, References Works, and Serials; Introduction; Preliminary note on the translation; Translation; Commentary; Bibliography; Appendix: The First Principles of the Universe; Index of Modern Authors; Index of Mythological Names; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Subjects
Summary This book presents the first comprehensive interpretation of the Paraphrase of Shem, Codex VII,1 in the Coptic Nag Hammadi Library. The lenghty introduction discusses the literary genre of the treatise, its plan and system, its situation among the Gnostic systems, its provenance and date. The translation sets out the text in paragraphs, with headings and subheadings. A short commentary follows the translation. The analysis of the system shows that the author is working from a model of the universe, whose principles have been drawn from Stoicism and Middle Platonism. While dipping into the spri
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-157) and indexes
Notes Text of the Paraphrase in English, translated from Coptic; introduction and commentary in English
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SUBJECT Paraphrase of Shem -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Paraphrase of Shem fast
Paraphrase des Sēem. idszbz
Subject RELIGION -- Biblical Studies.
Gnosis -- Quelle.
Apokalyptik.
Koptisch.
Gnostisk litteratur -- historia.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Roberge, Michel.
ISBN 9789004185852
9004185852
1282952374
9781282952379