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"Zerstört Die Werke Der Weiblichkeit": Maria Magdalena, Salome Und Andere Jüngerinnen Jesu in Christlich-Gnostischen Schriften
Contributor(s): Petersen, Silke (Author)

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ISBN: 9004114491     ISBN-13: 9789004114494
Publisher: Brill
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Language: German
Published: August 1999
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Annotation: This book considers the place of the women disciples of Jesus in Christian Gnostic documents. It examines their significance and representation in Nag Hammadi documents (GosThom, GosPhil, SophJesChr, DialSav, 1ApocJas) and other early gnostic sources (GosMary, Pistis Sophia), in Patristic anti-Gnostic documents, and in Manichaean Psalms. In these documents, mostly composed during the second and third centuries C.E., Mary Magdalene, Salome, Martha and Mary, Arsinoe, Mary, the mother of Jesus, and other anonymous women appear as female disciples. A central issue of the book is the relation between the central role of these women disciples and the apparently contradictory statements about femininity and masculinity which appear in the same texts. The negative view of femininity proves to offer a background to the high assessment of the role of particular women. These female disciples transcend their femininity and become "male."

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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | History
- Religion | Philosophy
Dewey: 299.932
Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies
Physical Information: 1.22" H x 6.42" W x 9.64" L (1.90 lbs) 400 pages
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
 
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This book considers the place of the women disciples of Jesus in Christian Gnostic documents. It examines their significance and representation in Nag Hammadi documents (GosThom, GosPhil, SophJesChr, DialSav, 1ApocJas) and other early gnostic sources (GosMary, Pistis Sophia), in Patristic anti-Gnostic documents, and in Manichaean Psalms. In these documents, mostly composed during the second and third centuries C.E., Mary Magdalene, Salome, Martha and Mary, Arsinoe, Mary, the mother of Jesus, and other anonymous women appear as female disciples. A central issue of the book is the relation between the central role of these women disciples and the apparently contradictory statements about femininity and masculinity which appear in the same texts. The negative view of femininity proves to offer a background to the high assessment of the role of particular women. These female disciples transcend their femininity and become "male".
 
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