Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism

by King, Karen L.

• ISBN13: 9780800631031
• ISBN10: 080063103X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1988-12-01
• Publisher: Fortress Pr

Summary

In this groundbreaking collection of essays, King and other contributors engage in a systematic study of issues of gender in Gnosticism.

Author Biography

Karen L. King teaches at Harvard Divinity School

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Editor's Foreword	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xix
Essays and Responses
Variety in Gnostic Perspectives on Gender	p. 2
Gender and Generation: Observations on Coptic Terminology, with Particular Attention to Valentinian Texts	p. 23
A Response to Gender and Generation	p. 41
Prouneikos. A Colorful Expression to Designate Wisdom in Gnostic Texts	p. 47
A Response to Prouneikos	p. 67
Jewish and Greek Heroines in the Nag Hammadi Library	p. 71
A Response to Jewish and Greek Heroines	p. 91
Sophia as Goddess in the Nag Hammadi Codices	p. 96
Very Goddess and Very Man: Jesus' Better Self	p. 113
A Response to Very Goddess and Very Man	p. 128
Female Figures in the Gnostic Sondergut in Hippolytus's Refutatio	p. 136
A Response to Female Figures	p. 153
Sophia and Christ in the Apocryphon of John	p. 158
A Response to Sophia and Christ	p. 177
Pursuing the Spiritual Eve: Imagery and Hermeneutics in the Hypostasis of the Archons and the Gospel of Philip	p. 187
A Response to Pursuing the Spiritual Eve	p. 207
"The Holy Spirit Is a Double Name": Holy Spirit, Mary, and Sophia in the Gospel of Philip	p. 211
A Response to "The Holy Spirit Is a Double Name"	p. 228
Virginity and Subversion: Norea Against the Powers in the Hypostasis of the Archons	p. 239
A Response to Virginity and Subversion	p. 259
Revisiting Norea	p. 265
Corinthian Veils and Gnostic Androgynes	p. 276
A Response to Corinthian Veils	p. 293
Flee Femininity: Antifemininity in Gnostic Texts and the Question of Social Milieu	p. 297
The Social Functions of Women's Asceticism in the Roman East	p. 308
A Response to The Social Functions of Women's Asceticism	p. 324
Libertine or Liberated: Women in the So-called Libertine Gnostic Communities	p. 329
Sex Education in Gnostic Schools	p. 345
A Response to Sex Education in Gnostic Schools	p. 361
Vitiated Seeds and Holy Vessels: Augustine's Manichean Past	p. 367
A Response to Vitiated Seeds and Holy Vessels	p. 402
Plenary Address
Adam and Eve and the Serpent in Genesis 1--3	p. 412
Works Cited	p. 425
Index	p. 447
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