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Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies Editors JohannesvanOort&EinarThomassen EditorialBoard j.d.beduhn–a.d.deconick–w.-p.funk i.gardner–s.n.c.lieu–a.marjanen p.nagel–l.painchaud–b.a.pearson n.a.pedersen–s.g.richter–j.m.robinson m.scopello–j.d.turner–g.wurst VOLUME82 Thetitlespublishedinthisseriesarelistedatbrill.com/nhms Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World Essays in Honour of John D. Turner Editedby KevinCorrigan TuomasRasimus Incollaborationwith DylanM.Burns LanceJenott ZekeMazur LEIDEN•BOSTON 2013 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Gnosticism,Platonismandthelateancientworld:essaysinhonourofJohnD.Turner/editedby KevinCorrigan,TuomasRasimus;incollaborationwithDylanM.Burns,LanceJenott,ZekeMazur. pagescm–(NagHammadiandManichaeanstudies;volume82) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-90-04-22383-7(hardback):alk.paper)–ISBN978-90-04-25476-3(e-book) 1.Gnosticism.2.Platonists.3.Philosophy,Ancient.I.Turner,JohnDouglas.II.Corrigan,Kevin.III. Rasimus,Tuomas.IV.Series:NagHammadiandManichaeanstudies;v.82. B638.G5952013 299'.932–dc23 2013015170 Thispublicationhasbeentypesetinthemultilingual“Brill”typeface.Withover5,100 characterscoveringLatin,IPA,Greek,andCyrillic,thistypefaceisespeciallysuitablefor useinthehumanities.Formoreinformation,pleaseseewww.brill.com/brill-typeface. ISSN0929-2470 ISBN978-90-04-22383-7(hardback) ISBN978-90-04-25476-3(e-book) Copyright2013byKoninklijkeBrillNV,Leiden,TheNetherlands. KoninklijkeBrillNVincorporatestheimprintsBrill,GlobalOriental,HoteiPublishing, IDCPublishersandMartinusNijhoffPublishers. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,translated,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutpriorwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher. 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CONTENTS Preface............................................................... xi Abbreviations........................................................ xix Illustrations.......................................................... xxvii Contributors......................................................... xxix JohnD.Turner:AnAppreciation .................................... xxxix SidnieWhiteCrawford PARTI GNOSTICISMANDOTHERRELIGIOUS MOVEMENTSOFANTIQUITY ADistinctiveIntertextuality:GenesisandPlatonizingPhilosophyin TheSecretRevelationofJohn........................................ 3 KarenL.King TheThreeFormsofFirstThought(NHCXIII,1),andtheSecretBookof John(NHCII,1andpar.) ............................................ 23 Paul-HubertPoirier EmissariesofTruthandJustice:TheSeedofSethasAgentsofDivine Providence ......................................................... 43 LanceJenott SethianNamesinMagicalTexts:ProtophanesandMeirotheos ........ 63 EinarThomassen “ThirdOnesandFourthOnes”:SomeReflectionsontheUseof IndefiniteOrdinalsinZostrianos ................................... 79 Wolf-PeterFunk LequatrièmeécritducodexTchacos:leslivresd’Allogèneetla traditionlittéraireséthienne ....................................... 89 LouisPainchaud TheBookofAllogenes(CT,4)andSethianGnosticism .................. 105 BirgerA.Pearson viii contents TheTemptationofAllogenes(CodexTchacos,TractateIV) ............ 117 MadeleineScopello MartinHengelandtheOriginsofGnosticism .......................... 139 VolkerHenningDrecoll ArithmosandKosmos:ArithmologyasanExegeticalToolintheDe OpificioMundiofPhiloofAlexandria .............................. 167 RobertM.Berchman ParoleintérieureetparoleproféréechezPhilond’Alexandrieetdans l’ÉvangiledelaVérité(NHI,3) ...................................... 199 AnnePasquier RemarquessurlacohérencedesExtraitsdeThéodote .................. 209 Jean-DanielDubois Evidenceof“Valentinian”RitualPractice?TheLiturgicalFragments ofNagHammadiCodexXI(NHCXI,2a–e) ......................... 225 HugoLundhaug ASalvificActofTransformationoraSymbolofDefilement?Baptism inValentinianLiturgicalReadings(NHCXI,2)andinthe TestimonyofTruth(NHCIX,3)...................................... 245 AnttiMarjanen “TheGarmentPoureditsEntireSelfoverMe”:ChristianBaptismal TraditionsandtheOriginsoftheHymnofthePearl ................ 261 DylanM.Burns AlexanderofLycopolis,ManichaeismandNeoplatonism .............. 275 JohannesvanOort CraftingGnosis:GnosticSpiritualityintheAncientNewAge .......... 285 AprilD.DeConick PARTII CROSSINGBOUNDARIES:GNOSTICISMANDPLATONISM TheSymposiumandRepublicintheMysticalThoughtofPlotinusand theSethianGnostics................................................ 309 KevinCorrigan contents ix “ThoseWhoAscendtotheSanctuariesoftheTemples”:TheGnostic ContextofPlotinus’FirstTreatise,1.6[1],OnBeauty ............... 329 ZekeMazur JohannineBackgroundoftheBeing-Life-MindTriad................... 369 TuomasRasimus TheNeopythagoreanBackdroptotheFall(σφάλμα/νεῦσις)oftheSoul inGnosticismanditsEchointhePlotinianTreatises33and34.... 411 Jean-MarcNarbonne Échoetlesantitypes.................................................... 427 MichelTardieu PlotinusandtheMagicalRitesPracticedbytheGnostics .............. 443 LucBrisson WhereDidMatterAppearFrom?ASyntacticProbleminaPlotinian anti-GnosticTreatise ............................................... 459 LorenzoFerroni Plotinus,Epicurus,andtheGnostics:OnPlotinianClassificationof Philosophies........................................................ 465 AndreiCornea PlotinusandtheVehicleoftheSoul .................................... 485 JohnDillon LifeandHappinessinthe“PlatonicUnderworld” ...................... 497 MichaelA.Williams TrialbyFire:AnOntologicalReadingofKatharsis...................... 525 SvetlaSlaveva-Griffin “Harmonizing”Aristotle’sCategoriesandPlato’sParmenidesbefore theBackgroundofNaturalPhilosophy ............................. 543 GeraldBechtle ChristiansagainstMatter:ABouquetforBishopBerkeley.............. 569 MarkEdwards ProclusagainsttheGnostics?SomeRemarksonaSubtleAllusionin theTimaeus-CommentaryconcerningCavesandCages ........... 581 BenjaminGleede
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