Images of the Feminine in GnosticismKaren L. King A&C Black, 1. sep. 2000 - 455 sider In this groundbreaking collection of essays, King and other contributors engage in a systematic study of issues of gender in Gnosticism. Using a variety of critical methods, the writers ask questions such as: What is the relationship of gendered images to the real lives of women and men? Did ascetic or libertine practices offer an attractive alternative to women in a patriarchal society? Are the images of strong, female goddesses, saviors, and heroines an indication Gnosticism would have been attractive to women? Is it plausible that women in some gnostic groups were authors, teachers, and leaders? Is it possible that some of the Gnostic texts we possess were written by women? What parts did women play in ritual? Did asceticism or libertinism have a different set of social functions for women than for men? These lucid essays offer significant insights into the cultural context and religious practices of Gnosticism. |
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Observations on Coptic | 23 |
A Response to Gender and Generation | 43 |
A Response to Prouneikos | 69 |
Sophia as Goddess in the Nag Hammadi Codices | 96 |
Jesus Better Self | 113 |
A Response to Very Goddess and Very Man | 128 |
Female Figures in the Gnostic Sondergut in Hippolytuss | 136 |
A Response to Female Figures | 155 |
Revisiting Norea | 265 |
Corinthian Veils and Gnostic Androgynes | 276 |
A Response to Corinthian Veils | 295 |
The Social Functions of Womens Asceticism in the Roman | 308 |
A Response to The Social Functions of Womens Asceticism | 324 |
Sex Education in Gnostic Schools | 345 |
A Response to Sex Education in Gnostic Schools | 361 |
Augustines Manichean | 367 |
A Response to Sophia and Christ | 177 |
Imagery and Hermeneutics | 187 |
A Response to Pursuing the Spiritual Eve | 207 |
A Response to The Holy Spirit Is a Double Name | 228 |
Norea Against the Powers in | 239 |
A Response to Virginity and Subversion | 259 |
A Response to Vitiated Seeds and Holy Vessels | 402 |
Adam and Eve and the Serpent in Genesis 13 | 412 |
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