Transformation Through Vision in Jewish Gnosticism and the Cologne Mani Codex
1995; Brill; Volume: 49; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1163/157007295x00185
ISSN1570-0720
Autores Tópico(s)Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
ResumoTRANSFORMATION THROUGH VISION IN JEWISH GNOSTICISM AND THE COLOGNE MANI CODEX BY GILLES QUISPEL In the Cologne Mani Codex (C.M.C.) a certain Baraies, a pupil of Mani himself, quotes one of the many apocryphal writings that were current among the Jewish Christian Baptists, among whom Mani was reared: In the same way his (Adam's) son Sethel has written the following in his Apocalypse: I opened my eyes and saw before me an angel whose radiance I could not describe: for he was all lightning. He said to me: ... (3 lines lost). When I heard that, my heart rejoiced, my
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