Table Of ContentImages of Rebirth
Nag Hammadi and
Manichaean Studies
Editors
Johannes van Oort & Einar Thomassen
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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
VOLUME73
Images of Rebirth
Cognitive Poetics and Transformational Soteriology
in the Gospel of Philip and the Exegesis on the Soul
By
Hugo Lundhaug
LEIDEN•BOSTON
2010
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements.................................................... xi
Abbreviations .......................................................... xv
ChapterOne.Introduction............................................ 1
. Introduction.................................................... 1
. BodilyBasedCognitiveModels ............................... 1
. AllusionsandIntertextuality .................................. 2
. ANewApproach............................................... 4
. TheTexts:TheExegesisontheSoulandtheGospelofPhilip.. 5
.. TheManuscript:NagHammadiCodexII................ 6
.. IssuesofTranslationandTransmission .................. 9
. TheNagHammadiLibraryand“Gnosticism” ................ 16
ChapterTwo.TheoreticalandMethodologicalIssues................ 21
. ConceptualandIntertextualBlending ........................ 21
.. Metaphor .................................................. 23
... TraditionalTheoriesofMetaphor.................. 23
... CognitiveTheoriesofMetaphor ................... 24
... ConceptualMetaphorTheory...................... 26
... TheScopeoftheSourceandtheRangeofthe
Target ............................................... 27
.. Metonymy ................................................. 28
.. BlendingTheory........................................... 29
... VitalRelations...................................... 35
... ATaxonomyofBlends ............................. 36
... BlendingTheoryvs.ConceptualMetaphor
Theory .............................................. 37
... Blending,CognitiveArchitecture,andMemory .. 38
.. IdealizedCognitiveModels(ICMs) ...................... 40
.. Intertextuality ............................................. 42
... IntertextualBlending............................... 46
.. Conclusion ................................................ 49
. InterpretiveContextsandCommunities...................... 50
.. AuthorialIntentionandtheRoleoftheReader.......... 51
.. TheFunctionandEffectsofContext ..................... 53
... TheIdentificationandInterpretationofAllusions 55
vi contents
.. CanonandInterpretation................................. 56
.. TheFunctionofCreedsandRulesofFaithin
Interpretation.............................................. 60
.. InterpretiveCommunities ................................ 62
.. EmbodimentandCulture................................. 63
.. Conclusion ................................................ 64
ChapterThree.“InHerNatureSheIsaWoman”:TheFeminisation
oftheSoulintheExegesisontheSoul.............................. 65
. Introduction.................................................... 65
.. OutlineoftheNarrative................................... 66
.. PurposeandProblems .................................... 67
. TextualandRedactionalIssues ................................ 68
.. ScripturalIntertextuality.................................. 69
.. TheQuestionofRedaction ............................... 73
. AnalysisofMajorBlends ...................................... 75
.. TheSoulisaWoman...................................... 75
... TheSoulIsaDaughterandaVirgin............... 77
... TheSoulasMale-Female........................... 77
... TheSoulIsaProstitute............................. 82
... TheWomboftheSoul.............................. 90
... BaptismisWashing................................. 93
.. MarriageandProcreation................................. 99
... WeddingFeastandBridalChamber............... 104
... The(Re)union ...................................... 109
... Conception,Birth,andRebirth.................... 112
.. ConcludingAnalysis:TheFeminisationofthe
Soul ........................................................ 120
... TheSoulandChrist ................................ 122
. SitzimLeben ................................................... 123
.. LiteraryStructureandFunction.......................... 124
.. LiteralorMetaphoricalRituals? .......................... 126
.. ImpliedLifestyle........................................... 131
... RepentanceandPrayer............................. 132
.. DateandProvenance...................................... 134
. ConcludingDiscussion ........................................ 150
ChapterFour.“NoLongeraChristian,ButaChrist”:Deification
andChristologyintheGospelofPhilip............................. 153
. Introduction.................................................... 153
contents vii
. TextualandRedactionalIssues ................................ 155
.. TextualCoherenceandtheQuestionofRedaction ...... 156
.. ScripturalIntertextuality.................................. 163
. AnalysisofMajorBlends ...................................... 164
.. TheChristianasaChrist.................................. 165
... ChristologyandAnthropology .................... 167
... TheNamesandTitlesofChrist.................... 170
... TheConstitutionofChrist ......................... 171
.... Christ’sTrueNature ....................... 171
... ProcreationandKinship ........................... 176
.... AdamasPrototype ........................ 176
.... TheConceptionandBirthofChrist ...... 179
.... TheBaptismofJesusintheJordan........ 182
.... Kinship..................................... 192
.....CreatingandBegetting ......... 195
.....FathersandSons ................ 199
.....BaptismandChrismation ...... 203
.....TheKiss.......................... 207
.....Rest .............................. 208
.... ProcreationandKinship:Summary ...... 211
... DeathandResurrection............................ 212
.... LifeandDeath ............................. 212
.... ParadiseandtheOriginofDeath ......... 214
.... TheCrucifixion............................ 220
.....TheRendingoftheVeil......... 224
.... Resurrection ............................... 228
.....ResurrectionPriortoDeath .... 229
.....PostmortemResurrection ...... 236
.....Inheritance ...................... 242
... Deification.......................................... 245
.... HumansandAnimals ..................... 245
.... PuttingonandBecomingPerfectMan ... 246
.....Baptism.......................... 247
.....Chrismation..................... 247
.....Eucharist ........................ 250
.... Dyeing ..................................... 254
.... SeeingandBecoming...................... 257
.. CommunionBlends....................................... 265
... JoiningandMixing................................. 265
.... LikeMixingWithLike .................... 266
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.... EatingandBecoming...................... 269
... MarriageandRelatedImagery..................... 272
.... MarriageWithChrist...................... 273
.... MarriageinthisWorld .................... 275
.... TheWeddingFeast ........................ 279
.....TheWeddingFeastandthe
Transfiguration.................. 279
.....TheWeddingFeastandthe
Eucharist ........................ 281
.....EucharisticEpiclesisand
JoiningwithAngels ............. 284
.... SpiritualLove .............................. 291
.... TheHiddenandtheRevealed............. 303
.....Names,Types,Symbols,and
Images........................... 307
.....TheWorksofChrist“Ina
Mystery”......................... 311
.....TheTemple...................... 316
.... TheBodyasBridalChamber.............. 321
.. Implications ............................................... 324
... SacramentalSystemandCommunity
Organisation........................................ 325
.... BaptismandChrismation................. 326
.... Eucharist................................... 329
.... TheBridalChamber....................... 331
.... Prayer ...................................... 335
.... CommunityOrganisation................. 337
... Christology,Anthropology,andSoteriology ...... 344
... LiteraryStructureandFunction ................... 345
.... TheTitle.................................... 347
. SitzimLeben ................................................... 349
.. “Gnosticism”and“Valentinianism”....................... 349
.. DateandProvenance...................................... 357
.. PolemicsandDoctrinalDebate........................... 374
... Inner-ChristianPolemics .......................... 374
.... Creed....................................... 377
.....“Begotten,NotMade”........... 377
.....TheVirginBirth................. 380
.....TheResurrectionoftheFlesh... 381
... Anti-JudaismandAssociativeAnti-Judaism ...... 385
contents ix
. ConcludingDiscussion ........................................ 394
.. ChristologyandAnthropology ........................... 395
.. TransformationandDeification .......................... 398
ChapterFive.Conclusion:TheExegesisontheSoulandtheGospel
ofPhilipCompared ................................................. 401
. ThePerspectiveofthePresentStudy .......................... 401
. LiteraryStructure .............................................. 402
. ConceptualandIntertextualBlending ........................ 403
. BodilyBasedCognitiveModels ............................... 403
. ChristologyandAnthropology................................ 405
. TransformationalSoteriology ................................. 406
. RitualsandMystagogy......................................... 407
. MetaphorsandOntology ...................................... 408
. TheUseofScripture ........................................... 409
. EthicsandWayofLife ......................................... 410
. ReflectionsonMethodology................................... 411
. ThePlaceofExeg.SoulandGos.Phil.intheHistoryof
Christianity..................................................... 413
Figures ................................................................. 417
Appendix:TextsandTranslations..................................... 443
AppendixA. TheExegesisontheSoul.............................. 446
AppendixB. TheGospelofPhilip .................................. 468
Bibliography ........................................................... 541
IndexofAncientSources.............................................. 577
Description:This book offers fresh readings of the Gospel of Philip (NHC II.3) and the Exegesis on the Soul (NHC II.6) from new theoretical and historical perspectives. Eschewing the category of “Gnosticism” and challenging common categorisations, the book analyses the preserved Coptic texts as coherent Chr
