Gnosticism and Later Platonism Themes Figures and Texts 1st Edition by John D Turner, Ruth Dorothy Majercik ISBN 0884140350 978-0884140351 by John D. Turner, Ruth Dorothy Majercik 9780884140351, 0884140350 instant download after payment.

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ISBN 10: 0884140350

ISBN 13: 978-0884140351 

Author: John D. Turner, Ruth Dorothy Majercik

This scholarly volume brings together ten in-depth essays originally presented at the Society of Biblical Literature's “Gnosticism and Later Platonism” seminar (1993–1998). It explores the intricate interplay between Gnostic thought and later Platonic philosophy—spanning Middle Platonism through Neoplatonism—through diverse perspectives

Table of contents:

1. Preface

2. Abbreviations

3. The Derivation of Matter in Monistic Gnosticism

4. Positive and Negative Matter in Later Platonism: The Uncovering of Plotinus’s Dialogue with the Gnostics

5. After Aporia: Theurgy in Later Platonism

6. Ritual in Gnosticism

7. Platonism and Gnosticism. The Anonymous Commentary on the Parmenides: Middle or Neoplatonic?

8. The Setting of the Platonizing Sethian Treatises in Middle Platonism

9. Iamblichus, the Sethians, and Marsanes

10. Ancient Apophatic Theology

11. Negative Theologies and Demiurgical Myths in Late Antiquity

12. Aseity and Connectedness in the Plotinian Philosophy of Providence

13. Bibliography

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