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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Preface
and acknowledgements
.......... xvii
Chapter One: The Problem of the Relation Between
Gnosticism and
Platonism
........... 1
I. Introduction
.............. 1
A. Gnosticism
............. 2
B.
Platonism
............. 5
II. Views on the Relation of Gnosticism to
Platonism.
. . 9
A. Gnosticism as
Platonism
......... 10
B.
Platonism
as Incipient Gnosticism
...... 17
С
Gnosticism and Later
Platonism
as Interdependent.
. 25
D. The Gnostic Synthesis
of Judaic and Platonic Conceptuality
...... 45
E. Rethinking the Relationship
between Gnosticism and
Platonism:
A Caveat
... 50
F. Platonizing Treatises in the Nag Hammadi Library.
. 52
Part One
Sethian Gnosticism
Chapter Two: The literature of Gnostic Sethianism
. . 57
I. TheSethians.
............. 57
II. The Sethian Literature
........... 60
III. Common Sethian Doctrines and Mythologumena
... 63
A. The Sethian Revelation par excellence:
the Apocryphon of John
......... 69
B. The Transcendent World of the Sethians
..... 78
C. Two Patterns of the Salvific Process
...... 80
1.
The Descent Pattern :
Enlightenment by a Descending Revealer
... 80
2.
The Ascent Pattern :
Enlightenment by Contemplative Ascent
... 81
IV. An Anticipatory Sketch of the Ontology
of the Sethian Treatises
........... 85
V. Literary Genre of the Sethian Treatises
...... 87
VI. Summary of Main Doctrinal and Literary Features.
. . 91
VIII SETHIAN GNOSTICISM AND THE PLATONIC
TRADITION
Chapter Three: interdependencies Among the sethian
Treatises
................
I. Thematic Interdependencies
.........
93
A. Treatises Employing the Descent Pattern
.... 93
1.
The Apocryphon of John
........ 93
2.
The Trimorphic Protennoia
....... 97
3.
Melchizedek
............ 100
4.
Apocalypse of Adam
......... 101
5.
The Gospel of the Egyptians
....... 103
6.
The Hypostasis of the Archons
...... 106
7.
The Thought of Norea
......... 108
B. Treatises Employing the Ascent Pattern
..... 108
1.
Zostrianos
............ 114
2.
Allogènes
............ 118
3.
The Three Steles of Seth
........ 122
4.
Marsanes
............. 122
II. Summary of Main Doctrinal and Literary Features.
. . 125
Chapter Four: The Chronology and Redaction of the
Sethian Treatises. Part
г.
Treatises of the Descent
Pattern
................. 127
I. 100-125
CE:
The Earliest Sethian Compositions
... 128
A. Hymnie
Accounts of the Savior s Descent
.... 128
B. The
Pronoia
Monologue of the Apocryphon of John
. 130
II.
125-150+
CE:
Christianized Sethian Treatises
.... 136
A. The Apocryphon of John
......... 136
1.
Sources and Redaction
......... 136
2.
The Anthropogony and Soteriology
..... 139
3.
The Date of the Apocryphon of John
..... 141
B. The Trimorphic Protennoia
........ 142
1.
The
Redacţional
Stages
of The Trimorphic Protennoia
...... 142
2.
The Trimorphic Protennoia
and Johannine Christianity
....... 15
j
III.
150-175+
CE:
Sethian-Christian polemic.
. . . . . 155
A. The Apocalypse of Adam
.......
155
B. The Hypostasis of the Archons
and the Thought of Norea
. .
166
IV.175-200+
ce:
Thoroughly Christianized Sethianism
.
169
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
IX
A.The
Gospel
ofthe Egyptians
........ 170
В.
Melchizedek
............. 176
V.
200+
CE:
The Platonizing Sethian Treatises
..... 178
Chapter Five: The Chronology and Redaction of the
Sethian Treatises. Part ii: Treatises of the Ascent
Pattern and Summary
............ 179
I.
200-300
CE:
The Sethian Rapprochement with
Platonism
.... 179
A. Zostrianos
............. 182
B.
Allogènes
.............. 185
C.
The Three Steles of Seth
......... 187
D. Marsanes
.............. 189
E. The Untitled Treatise of the Bruce Codex
.... 195
F. Plotinus and the Sethians
......... 198
G. The Relative Positions
of the Platonizing Sethian Treatises
...... 199
II. The Literary History of the Sethian Corpus
..... 201
A. Two Possible Non-Sethian Precursors
of the Sethian Treatises
.......... 203
1.
The (Sethian?) Ophites
oflrenaeus,#aere.se.sl.30
........ 203
2.
Eugnostos the Blessed
......... 204
B. The Beginnings of Sethian Theology:
the Members of the Divine Triad
....... 209
1.
The Ambiguity of the
Second Member of the Triad: Male or Female?
. 210
2.
The Identity of the Third Member of the Triad
. . 212
С
The Development of the Sethian Literary Corpus
. . 214
1.
Pre-Sethian Sources
......... 214
2.
The First Pre-Sethian Texts
of the Descent Pattern
......... 216
3.
The Christian Sethian Texts
of the Descent Pattern
......... 217
4.
The Shift from the Sethian-Christian
Descent Pattern to the Platonic Ascent Pattern
. . 218
D. A Hypothetical Literary
Stemma
of the Sethian Treatises
......... 220
χ
SETHIAN
GNOSTICISM
AND THE PLATONIC TRADITION
CHAPTER SIX: THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF SETfflAN DOCTRINE
. 221
I. Hellenistic Jewish Wisdom Speculation
...... 221
Wisdom s Fall and Restoration
....... 223
II. Interpretation of Genesis
1-9:
the Sethite Sacred History
. 230
III.A Tradition of Baptism
.......... 238
Baptism, Visionary Experience, and Priestly Lustrations
. 242
IV.The Christian Contribution
......... 247
V. The Platonic Contribution
.......... 250
Chapter Seven: The History of the Sethian Movement
. 255
I. Hypothetical History of Gnostic Sethianism: Six Phases
. 257
II. Jewish, Christian, and Platonic Developmental Contexts
. 261
A. The Jewish Context
........... 261
1.
The Pre-Sethian Barbeloites
....... 261
2.
The Pre-Sethian Sethites
........ 266
B. The Christian Context:
The Pre-Sethian Christian Barbeloites
..... 270
1.
The Catalytic Role of the Christian Movement
. . 271
2.
The Relation between Sethian
and Johannine Christianity
........ 272
С
The Fusion of Sethites and Barbeloites
to Form Gnostic Sethianism
........ 284
1.
The Identification of the Logos
...... 285
2.
The Identity of the
Autogenes
Son:
Christ or Adam or Seth?
........ 286
3.
The Fusion of the Barbeloite
and Sethite Supreme Triads
....... 287
4.
The Demotion of the Logos
....... 290
D. The Platonic Context: A New Alliance
..... 292
1.
The Platonizing Sethian Treatises
...... 293
2.
The Response of the Platonists
...... 294
3.
The Transformation of Basic Sethian Doctrine
. . 296
Ш.
The Twilight and Eclipse of Gnostic Sethianism
300
Part Two
The Platonic Tradition
305
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
XI
I. Plato and the Old Academy
......... 305
A. Plato
............... 306
1.
The Reconciliation of Being and Becoming:
Demiurge and Soul
.......... 307
2.
Paternal Reason Persuades Maternal Necessity:
the Receptacle
........... 310
3.
First Principles
........... 314
4.
Cosmogony
............ 324
B. The Old Academy
........... 327
1.
Aristotle on Matter and the Dyad
...... 328
2.
Speusippus
............ 329
3.
Xenocrates
............ 334
II. The Old Pythagoreans
........... 338
Chapter Nine: Middle Platonic Speculation on First
Principles
................ 345
I. The Revival of
Platonism
in the First Century
ВСЕ.
. . 345
II. Neopythagorean
Platonism
......... 347
A. Eudorus of Alexandria and Neopythagorean
Systems of Derivation
.......... 349
B. Philo of Alexandria
........... 355
III. Middle
Platonism
............ 362
A. Moderatus
of Gades
.......... 363
B. Plutarch of Cheironeia
.......... 372
C. Nicomachus
of Gerasa
.......... 376
D. Theon of Smyrna
........... 378
E. The Didaskalikos of Alcinous
(or Albinus of Smyrna)
......... 380
F. Numeniusof Apamea (and Amelius of Tuscany)
. . 385
G. The Chaldaean Oracles
......... 389
H. The Anonymous (Porphyrian?)
Parmenides Commentary
......... 396
Chapter Ten: Early
Neoplatonic
Speculation on First
Principles
................ 407
I. Plotinus
............... 407
A. Middle Platonic Structuring of Intellect
and Origins of the Being-Mind-Life Triad
.... 409
XII SETHIAN GNOSTICISM AND THE PLATONIC
TRADITION
B.
The Derivational Application
of the Being-Mind-Life Triad in Plotinus
.... 412
C. Traces of the Derivational Application
of the Being-Life-Mind Triad in Plotinus
.... 413
D
The Indefinite Dyad and Higher and Lower Matter
. 415
E. Life
............... 420
II. Porphyry
............... 424
IH.Iamblichus
.............. 428
IV.Theodore of
Asine
............ 430
Chapter Eleven: Body, Soul, and Knowledge of God in
Platonism:
Descent and ascent
......... 447
I. Body And Soul In
Platonism
......... 447
A. Plato
............... 448
B. Plato s Unwritten Doctrines
....... 455
С
The Old Academy
........... 456
D. Early Middle Platonic Doctrines of the Soul
... 457
E. Philo
............... 459
F. Later Middle
Platonism
and the Irrational Soul.
. . 460
G. Plutarch
.............. 463
H. Atticus and Apuleius
.......... 465
I. Alcinous/Albinus
........... 465
J.
Moderatus
............. 466
K. Nicomachus
............. 467
L.
Numerous
............. 467
M.
The Chaldaean Oracles
......... 470
N.
Plotinus
..............
47J
H. The Knowledge of God in
Platonism
...... 474
A. Plato s Epistemology
.......... 475
B. The Stoics
...........
47g
C. The Middle
Platonisto
........
479
D. Plotinus
.......... . 481
E. The Classical Paths to the Knowledge of God
. 485
F. Learned Ignorance
........
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table
of
contents
xiii
Part
Three
The Platonizing Sethian Treatises
Chapter Twelve: The Divine and Cosmic Hierarchy
of the platonizing sethian treatises: i
...... 499
I. The Realm Beyond Being
.......... 499
A. The Invisible Spirit
........... 502
B. The Triple Powered One
......... 512
II. The Realm of True Being
.......... 531
A. The Aeon of
Barbeio
.......... 531
B.
Kalyptos-the Hidden One
........ 539
С
Protophanes
............. 540
D.
Autogenes—
and Sophia?
......... 541
E. The Triple Male Child
.......... 547
F. Concluding Observations
on the Complexity of the
Barbeio
Aeon
..... 553
Chapter Thirteen: The divine and Cosmic Hierarchy of
the Platonizing Sethian Treatises: ii
....... 557
I. Psychic and Natural Realms Below the
Barbeio
Aeon
. . 557
A. The Self-generated Aeons
......... 561
B. The Repentance
............ 564
С
The Sojourn
............. 567
D. The Cosmic Soul in Marsanes
....... 568
E. The Antitypes
............ 569
F. The Cosmic and Material Levels
of Marsanes Seals
1-3.......... 570
G. The Airy Earth
........... 572
H. The Material Realm
.......... 572
II. The Hierarchies of the Platonizing Treatises Compared
. 577
A. The System of the Three Steles of Seth
..... 578
B. The System of Zostrianos
......... 580
С
The System of
Allogènes
......... 581
D.
The System of Marsanes
......... 582
E. Comparison of the Sethian Hierarchies
..... 583
Chapter Fourteen: Sethian Doctrines of the Soul
. . . 589
I. Sophia and the Cosmic Soul
......... 589
II. Two Sethian Treatises on the Soul
....... 596
A. The Apocryphon of John
......... 597
XIV
SETHIAN
GNOSTICISM
AND THE PLATONIC TRADITION
B. Zostrianos
.............
Jyy
III.Ritual and Theurgical Practices and the Soul s Ascent
. 603
A. The Celestial Baptismal Ritual
....... 603
B. Ecstatic Prayer and Theurgical Utterances
.... 608
C. Alphabetical, Numerical and Graphic Symbolism
for the Soul in Marsanes
......... 614
D. The Five Configurations or Shapes
of the Soul in
Мзгѕаиеѕ
......... 618
E.
Consonants
—
Symbolizing Embodiment?
.... 620
F. Numbers and their Properties
........ 628
G. Alphanumeric Speculation and Platonic Doctrines
of the Soul
............. 630
I V.Comparison of Platonic and Gnostic Views of the Soul
. 633
Chapter Fifteen: The Knowledge of God in the
Platonizing Sethian Treatises
......... 637
I. The General Structure of the Ascent
....... 637
The Goal: Assimilation to the Divine so far as Possible
. 641
II. Preliminary Seeking by Discursive Means
..... 643
A. The Three Steles ofSeth
......... 645
B. Zostrianos
............. 645
С
Allogènes..............
648
D.
Marsanes
............. 650
III. Ascent through the Aeon of
Barbeio
....... 652
A. The Three Steles ofSeth
......... 652
B. Zostrianos
.......... 653
C. Allogènes
............. 655
D.
Marsanes
..........
«g
IV.The Ascent through the Triple-Powered One
.... 658
A. The Three Steles ofSeth
....... . 659
B. Zostrianos
.......
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........
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.
Allogènes
............
660
D. Marsanes
........ · · ·
V. The Final Contemplation of the Supreme Principles
666
A. The Three Steles ofSeth
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B. Zostrianos
........
666
С
Allogènes.
. ..........
666
Τ).
Marsanes
. ..........
668
Vl-Comparisonofthe Contemplative Ascents
.....
™
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
XV
A. Intracorporeal and Extracorporeal Vision
and Revelation
............ 669
B.
The Sources
of
Divine Knowledge
...... 674
C. Vision and Audition as
Revelatory Media
.... 675
D. Discursive versus Intuitive Knowledge
of the
Divine
. 682
E.
Learned
Ignorance
........... 686
Chapter Sixteen: Sethian Gnosticism and the
Platonic Tradition
............693
I. The Encounter between Sethianism and
Platonism
. . . 693
II. Platonizing Sethian Metaphysics
and its Platonic Sources
..........694
A. The Invisible Spirit
and the First Hypothesis of the
Ρ
armenides
. . . . 694
B.
The Aeon of
Barbeio
and the Middle Platonic Intellect
.......696
С
The Triple Powered One
and Emanation in Middle
Platonism
......697
D.
The Emission of Vitality or Life from the One
... 699
E. The Invisible Spirit
in Relation to the Triple Powered One
.....702
F. Self-Privation and the Determination
of Boundlessness:
Moderatus?
.......704
G.
The Unknown Silent One of Marsanes
.....707
III. Plotinus and the Platonizing Sethian Treatises
.... 709
A. Plotinus Critique of the Gnostics in the
Großschrift ............711
B.
Zostrianos and
Allogènes
in the Light of Plotinus Critique
.......720
C. Pre-
or Post-Plotinian Authorship of Zostrianos?
. . 722
IV.The Anonymous Parmenides Commentary
and the Platonizing Sethian Treatises
......724
V. Marius Victorinus
and the Platonizing Sethian treatise Zostrianos
.... 736
xvi sethian gnosticism and the platonic
tradition
Conclusion
The Development of
Setkán
Religion
Chapter Seventeen: Concluding Overview of Sethian
Religious Development
............ 747
I. Sethian Treatises of the Descent and Ascent Pattern
. . 747
II. Historical Development in the Sethian Treatises
. . . 749
HI. Sethianism as a History of Innovations
...... 750
IV.Eschatology in the Ascent Pattern Treatises
..... 752
V. History and Eschatology in the Descent Pattern Treatises
. 752
VI.The Mother as Descending Savior
....... 754
VII.
The Masculinization of the Mother
....... 755
VIII.
The Platonizing Ascent Pattern Treatises
..... 757
Bibliography
................ 761
Index of subjects
.............. 789
Index of ancient authors
............ 801
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CONTENTS
Preface
and acknowledgements
. xvii
Chapter One: The Problem of the Relation Between
Gnosticism and
Platonism
. 1
I. Introduction
. 1
A. Gnosticism
. 2
B.
Platonism
. 5
II. Views on the Relation of Gnosticism to
Platonism.
. . 9
A. Gnosticism as
Platonism
. 10
B.
Platonism
as Incipient Gnosticism
. 17
С
Gnosticism and Later
Platonism
as Interdependent.
. 25
D. The Gnostic Synthesis
of Judaic and Platonic Conceptuality
. 45
E. Rethinking the Relationship
between Gnosticism and
Platonism:
A Caveat
. 50
F. Platonizing Treatises in the Nag Hammadi Library.
. 52
Part One
Sethian Gnosticism
Chapter Two: The literature of Gnostic Sethianism
. . 57
I. TheSethians.
. 57
II. The Sethian Literature
. 60
III. Common Sethian Doctrines and Mythologumena
. 63
A. The Sethian Revelation par excellence:
the Apocryphon of John
. 69
B. The Transcendent World of the Sethians
. 78
C. Two Patterns of the Salvific Process
. 80
1.
The "Descent Pattern":
Enlightenment by a Descending Revealer
. 80
2.
The "Ascent Pattern":
Enlightenment by Contemplative Ascent
. 81
IV. An Anticipatory Sketch of the Ontology
of the Sethian Treatises
. 85
V. Literary Genre of the Sethian Treatises
. 87
VI. Summary of Main Doctrinal and Literary Features.
. . 91
VIII SETHIAN GNOSTICISM AND THE PLATONIC
TRADITION
Chapter Three: interdependencies Among the sethian
Treatises
.
I. Thematic Interdependencies
.
93
A. Treatises Employing the Descent Pattern
. 93
1.
The Apocryphon of'John
. 93
2.
The Trimorphic Protennoia
. 97
3.
Melchizedek
. 100
4.
Apocalypse of Adam
. 101
5.
The Gospel of 'the Egyptians
. 103
6.
The Hypostasis of the Archons
. 106
7.
The Thought of Norea
. 108
B. Treatises Employing the Ascent Pattern
. 108
1.
Zostrianos
. 114
2.
Allogènes
. 118
3.
The Three Steles of Seth
. 122
4.
Marsanes
. 122
II. Summary of Main Doctrinal and Literary Features.
. . 125
Chapter Four: The Chronology and Redaction of the
Sethian Treatises. Part
г.
Treatises of the Descent
Pattern
. 127
I. 100-125
CE:
The Earliest Sethian Compositions
. 128
A. Hymnie
Accounts of the Savior's Descent
. 128
B. The
Pronoia
Monologue of the Apocryphon of John
. 130
II.
125-150+
CE:
Christianized Sethian Treatises
. 136
A. The Apocryphon of 'John
. 136
1.
Sources and Redaction
. 136
2.
The Anthropogony and Soteriology
. 139
3.
The Date of the Apocryphon of John
. 141
B. The Trimorphic Protennoia
. 142
1.
The
Redacţional
Stages
of The Trimorphic Protennoia
. 142
2.
The Trimorphic Protennoia
and Johannine Christianity
. 15
j
III.
150-175+
CE:
Sethian-Christian polemic.
. . . . . 155
A. The Apocalypse of 'Adam
.
\
'
155
B. The Hypostasis of the Archons
and the Thought of Norea
. .
166
IV.175-200+
ce:
Thoroughly Christianized Sethianism
'.
\
169
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
IX
A.The
Gospel
ofthe Egyptians
. 170
В.
Melchizedek
. 176
V.
200+
CE:
The Platonizing Sethian Treatises
. 178
Chapter Five: The Chronology and Redaction of the
Sethian Treatises. Part ii: Treatises of the Ascent
Pattern and Summary
. 179
I.
200-300
CE:
The Sethian Rapprochement with
Platonism
. 179
A. Zostrianos
. 182
B.
Allogènes
. 185
C.
The Three Steles of 'Seth
. 187
D. Marsanes
. 189
E. The Untitled Treatise of the Bruce Codex
. 195
F. Plotinus and the Sethians
. 198
G. The Relative Positions
of the Platonizing Sethian Treatises
. 199
II. The Literary History of the Sethian Corpus
. 201
A. Two Possible Non-Sethian Precursors
of the Sethian Treatises
. 203
1.
The (Sethian?) Ophites
oflrenaeus,#aere.se.sl.30
. 203
2.
Eugnostos the Blessed
. 204
B. The Beginnings of Sethian Theology:
the Members of the Divine Triad
. 209
1.
The Ambiguity of the
Second Member of the Triad: Male or Female?
. 210
2.
The Identity of the Third Member of the Triad
. . 212
С
The Development of the Sethian Literary Corpus
. . 214
1.
Pre-Sethian Sources
. 214
2.
The First Pre-Sethian Texts
of the Descent Pattern
. 216
3.
The Christian Sethian Texts
of the Descent Pattern
. 217
4.
The Shift from the Sethian-Christian
Descent Pattern to the Platonic Ascent Pattern
. . 218
D. A Hypothetical Literary
Stemma
of the Sethian Treatises
. 220
χ
SETHIAN
GNOSTICISM
AND THE PLATONIC TRADITION
CHAPTER SIX: THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF SETfflAN DOCTRINE
. 221
I. Hellenistic Jewish Wisdom Speculation
. 221
Wisdom's "Fall" and Restoration
. 223
II. Interpretation of Genesis
1-9:
the Sethite Sacred History
. 230
III.A Tradition of Baptism
. 238
Baptism, Visionary Experience, and Priestly Lustrations
. 242
IV.The Christian Contribution
. 247
V. The Platonic Contribution
. 250
Chapter Seven: The History of the Sethian Movement
. 255
I. Hypothetical History of Gnostic Sethianism: Six Phases
. 257
II. Jewish, Christian, and Platonic Developmental Contexts
. 261
A. The Jewish Context
. 261
1.
The Pre-Sethian Barbeloites
. 261
2.
The Pre-Sethian Sethites
. 266
B. The Christian Context:
The Pre-Sethian Christian Barbeloites
. 270
1.
The Catalytic Role of the Christian Movement
. . 271
2.
The Relation between Sethian
and Johannine Christianity
. 272
С
The Fusion of Sethites and Barbeloites
to Form Gnostic Sethianism
. 284
1.
The Identification of the Logos
. 285
2.
The Identity of the
Autogenes
Son:
Christ or Adam or Seth?
. 286
3.
The Fusion of the Barbeloite
and Sethite Supreme Triads
. 287
4.
The Demotion of the Logos
. 290
D. The Platonic Context: A New Alliance
. 292
1.
The Platonizing Sethian Treatises
. 293
2.
The Response of the Platonists
. 294
3.
The Transformation of Basic Sethian Doctrine
. . 296
Ш.
The Twilight and Eclipse of Gnostic Sethianism
'
300
Part Two
The Platonic Tradition
305
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
XI
I. Plato and the Old Academy
. 305
A. Plato
. 306
1.
The Reconciliation of Being and Becoming:
Demiurge and Soul
. 307
2.
Paternal Reason Persuades Maternal Necessity:
the Receptacle
. 310
3.
First Principles
. 314
4.
Cosmogony
. 324
B. The Old Academy
. 327
1.
Aristotle on Matter and the Dyad
. 328
2.
Speusippus
. 329
3.
Xenocrates
. 334
II. The Old Pythagoreans
. 338
Chapter Nine: Middle Platonic Speculation on First
Principles
. 345
I. The Revival of
Platonism
in the First Century
ВСЕ.
. . 345
II. Neopythagorean
Platonism
. 347
A. Eudorus of Alexandria and Neopythagorean
Systems of Derivation
. 349
B. Philo of Alexandria
. 355
III. Middle
Platonism
. 362
A. Moderatus
of Gades
. 363
B. Plutarch of Cheironeia
. 372
C. Nicomachus
of Gerasa
. 376
D. Theon of Smyrna
. 378
E. The Didaskalikos of Alcinous
(or Albinus of Smyrna)
. 380
F. Numeniusof Apamea (and Amelius of Tuscany)
. . 385
G. The Chaldaean Oracles
. 389
H. The Anonymous (Porphyrian?)
Parmenides Commentary
. 396
Chapter Ten: Early
Neoplatonic
Speculation on First
Principles
. 407
I. Plotinus
. 407
A. Middle Platonic Structuring of Intellect
and Origins of the Being-Mind-Life Triad
. 409
XII SETHIAN GNOSTICISM AND THE PLATONIC
TRADITION
B.
The Derivational Application
of the Being-Mind-Life Triad in Plotinus
. 412
C. Traces of the Derivational Application
of the Being-Life-Mind Triad in Plotinus
. 413
D
The Indefinite Dyad and Higher and Lower Matter
. 415
E. Life
. 420
II. Porphyry
. 424
IH.Iamblichus
. 428
IV.Theodore of
Asine
. 430
Chapter Eleven: Body, Soul, and Knowledge of God in
Platonism:
Descent and ascent
. 447
I. Body And Soul In
Platonism
. 447
A. Plato
. 448
B. Plato's "Unwritten Doctrines"
. 455
С
The Old Academy
. 456
D. Early Middle Platonic Doctrines of the Soul
. 457
E. Philo
. 459
F. Later Middle
Platonism
and the Irrational Soul.
. . 460
G. Plutarch
. 463
H. Atticus and Apuleius
. 465
I. Alcinous/Albinus
. 465
J.
Moderatus
. 466
K. Nicomachus
. 467
L.
Numerous
. 467
M.
The Chaldaean Oracles
. 470
N.
Plotinus
.
47J
H. The Knowledge of God in
Platonism
. 474
A. Plato's Epistemology
. 475
B. The Stoics
.
47g
C. The Middle
Platonisto
.
479
D. Plotinus
. . 481
E. The Classical "Paths" to the Knowledge of God
'. 485
F. Learned Ignorance
.
,м
table
of
contents
xiii
Part
Three
The Platonizing Sethian Treatises
Chapter Twelve: The Divine and Cosmic Hierarchy
of the platonizing sethian treatises: i
. 499
I. The Realm Beyond Being
. 499
A. The Invisible Spirit
. 502
B. The Triple Powered One
. 512
II. The Realm of True Being
. 531
A. The Aeon of
Barbeio
. 531
B.
Kalyptos-the "Hidden One"
. 539
С
Protophanes
. 540
D.
Autogenes—
and Sophia?
. 541
E. The Triple Male Child
. 547
F. Concluding Observations
on the Complexity of the
Barbeio
Aeon
. 553
Chapter Thirteen: The divine and Cosmic Hierarchy of
the Platonizing Sethian Treatises: ii
. 557
I. Psychic and Natural Realms Below the
Barbeio
Aeon
. . 557
A. The Self-generated Aeons
. 561
B. The Repentance
. 564
С
The Sojourn
. 567
D. The Cosmic Soul in Marsanes
. 568
E. The Antitypes
. 569
F. The "Cosmic and Material" Levels
of Marsanes' Seals
1-3. 570
G. The "Airy Earth"
. 572
H. The Material Realm
. 572
II. The Hierarchies of the Platonizing Treatises Compared
. 577
A. The System of the Three Steles of Seth
. 578
B. The System of Zostrianos
. 580
С
The System of
Allogènes
. 581
D.
The System of Marsanes
. 582
E. Comparison of the Sethian Hierarchies
. 583
Chapter Fourteen: Sethian Doctrines of the Soul
. . . 589
I. Sophia and the Cosmic Soul
. 589
II. Two Sethian Treatises on the Soul
. 596
A. The Apocryphon of John
. 597
XIV
SETHIAN
GNOSTICISM
AND THE PLATONIC TRADITION
B. Zostrianos
.
Jyy
III.Ritual and Theurgical Practices and the Soul's Ascent
. 603
A. The Celestial Baptismal Ritual
. 603
B. Ecstatic Prayer and Theurgical Utterances
. 608
C. Alphabetical, Numerical and Graphic Symbolism
for the Soul in Marsanes
. 614
D. The Five Configurations or Shapes
of the Soul in
Мзгѕаиеѕ
. 618
E.
Consonants
—
Symbolizing Embodiment?
. 620
F. Numbers and their Properties
. 628
G. Alphanumeric Speculation and Platonic Doctrines
of the Soul
. 630
I V.Comparison of Platonic and Gnostic Views of the Soul
. 633
Chapter Fifteen: The Knowledge of God in the
Platonizing Sethian Treatises
. 637
I. The General Structure of the Ascent
. 637
The Goal: Assimilation to the Divine so far as Possible
. 641
II. Preliminary Seeking by Discursive Means
. 643
A. The Three Steles ofSeth
. 645
B. Zostrianos
. 645
С
Allogènes.
648
D.
Marsanes
. 650
III. Ascent through the Aeon of
Barbeio
. 652
A. The Three Steles ofSeth
. 652
B. Zostrianos
. 653
C. Allogènes
. 655
D.
Marsanes
.
«g
IV.The Ascent through the Triple-Powered One
. 658
A. The Three Steles ofSeth
. . 659
B. Zostrianos
.
„η
Cjn
.
ОЭУ
.
Allogènes
.
660
D. Marsanes
. · · ·
V. The Final Contemplation of the Supreme Principles
' 666
A. The Three Steles ofSeth
. '
<-~
B. Zostrianos
.
666
С
Allogènes.
. .
666
Τ).
Marsanes
. .
668
Vl-Comparisonofthe Contemplative Ascents
.
™
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
XV
A. Intracorporeal and Extracorporeal Vision
and Revelation
. 669
B.
The Sources
of
Divine Knowledge
. 674
C. Vision and Audition as
Revelatory Media
. 675
D. Discursive versus Intuitive Knowledge
of the
Divine
. 682
E.
Learned
Ignorance
. 686
Chapter Sixteen: Sethian Gnosticism and the
Platonic Tradition
.693
I. The Encounter between Sethianism and
Platonism
. . . 693
II. Platonizing Sethian Metaphysics
and its Platonic Sources
.694
A. The Invisible Spirit
and the First Hypothesis of the
Ρ
armenides
. . . . 694
B.
The Aeon of
Barbeio
and the Middle Platonic Intellect
.696
С
The Triple Powered One
and Emanation in Middle
Platonism
.697
D.
The Emission of Vitality or Life from the One
. 699
E. The Invisible Spirit
in Relation to the Triple Powered One
.702
F. Self-Privation and the Determination
of Boundlessness:
Moderatus?
.704
G.
The Unknown Silent One of Marsanes
.707
III. Plotinus and the Platonizing Sethian Treatises
. 709
A. Plotinus' Critique of the "Gnostics" in the
"Großschrift".711
B.
Zostrianos and
Allogènes
in the Light of Plotinus'Critique
.720
C. Pre-
or Post-Plotinian Authorship of Zostrianos?
. . 722
IV.The Anonymous Parmenides Commentary
and the Platonizing Sethian Treatises
.724
V. Marius Victorinus
and the Platonizing Sethian treatise Zostrianos
. 736
xvi sethian gnosticism and the platonic
tradition
Conclusion
The Development of
Setkán
Religion
Chapter Seventeen: Concluding Overview of Sethian
Religious Development
. 747
I. Sethian Treatises of the Descent and Ascent Pattern
. . 747
II. Historical Development in the Sethian Treatises
. . . 749
HI. Sethianism as a History of Innovations
. 750
IV.Eschatology in the Ascent Pattern Treatises
. 752
V. History and Eschatology in the Descent Pattern Treatises
. 752
VI.The Mother as Descending Savior
. 754
VII.
The Masculinization of the Mother
. 755
VIII.
The Platonizing Ascent Pattern Treatises
. 757
Bibliography
. 761
Index of subjects
. 789
Index of ancient authors
. 801 |
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