Lewis, Nicola Denzey,  1966- <br/><br/>
Cosmology and fate in Gnosticism and Graeco-Roman antiquity  under pitiless skies /  [electronic resource] : 
by Nicola Denzey Lewis. 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 206 pages) 
 - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies,  v. 81  0929-2470 ; .
 - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ;  81. .
<br/><br/> Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 14, 2013). 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Were the gnostics cosmic pessimists? -- Nag Hammadi and the providential cosmos -- This body of death : cosmic malevolence and enslavement to sin in Pauline exegesis -- Heimarmene at Nag Hammadi : the Apocryphon of John and On the origin of the world -- Middle platonism, heimarmene, and the Corpus hermeticum -- Ways out I : interventions of the savior god -- Ways out II : baptism and cosmic freedom : a new genesis -- Astral determinism in the Gospel of Judas -- Conclusions, and a new way forward. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004245761 (electronic bk.) 9004245766 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gnosticism.<br/>Cosmology.<br/>Fate and fatalism.<br/>RELIGION / Gnosticism
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BT1390 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>299/.932