Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2010

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• Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking

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  • Author: T. Rasimus
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  • Examining the mythology in and social reality behind a group of texts rewriting Genesis, to which certain leaders of the early church occasionally attached the label ‘Ophite,’ this book offers a new understanding of Sethianism and the origins of Gnosticism.

• The Paraphrase of Shem (NH VII,1)

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  • Author: M. Roberge
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  • This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the Paraphrase of Shem, Codex VII, 1 in the Coptic Nag Hammdi Library. The translation, which sets out the text in paragraphs with headings and subheadings, is followed by a commentary.

• Past Renewals

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  • Author: H. Najman
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  • Through close readings of texts such as Ezra-Nehemiah. Philo of Alexandria, and 4Ezra, Hindy Najman develops the idea of a discourse tied to a founder, illuminating the nexus between revelation, interpretive authority, and the quest for perfection in ancient Judaism.

• Paul and the Ancient Letter Form

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  • Editors Stanley E. Porter; Sean A. Adams
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  • This volume seeks to advance the discusison of Paul's relationship to Greek epistolary traditions by evaluating the nature of ancient letters as well as the individual letter components. These features are evaluated alongside Paul's letters to better understand Paul's use and adaptations of these traditions in order to meet his communicative needs.

• Paul's Gospel in Romans

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  • Author: J.H. Lee
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  • Using linguistic discourse analysis, this book offers a fresh approach to Paul's gospel in Romans 1-8 and provides a comprehensive understanding of his argumentative structure and subject matter including the central points of Paul's gospel.

• Poetics of the Gnostic Universe

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  • Author: Z. Pleše
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  • The monograph examines the cosmological section of the Apocryphon of John, a fully narrated version of the classic Gnostic myth. The author argues that the Apocryphon’s ‘world hypothesis’ is inseparable from the epistemological, theological, and aesthetic debates within contemporary Platonism.

• The Politics of Peace

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  • Author: T.-L. Lau
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  • This study examines the topos of peace in Ephesians by comparison with Colossians, Dio Chrysostom’s Orations, and the Confucian Four Books; and shows that Ephesians can be read as a politico-religious letter “concerning peace” within the church.