Gnosticism — This article is part of a series on Gnosticism History of Gnosticism … Wikipedia
Nag Hammadi library — The Nag Hammadi library[1] is a collection of early Christian Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945. That year, twelve leather bound papyrus codices buried in a sealed jar were found by a local peasant named … Wikipedia
Jung Codex — The Jung Codex was found at Nag Hammadi. It slipped through the hands of the Egyptian authorities and was sold to private collectors in the United States. Gilles Quispel, a Dutch historian, heard about these mysterious manuscripts and decided to… … Wikipedia
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Harold W. Attridge — (born November 1946) has been the Dean of the Yale Divinity School since 2002. His educational background includes a A.B. from Boston College, a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Cambridge, and a Ph.D. from Harvard. He was a fellow of the… … Wikipedia
Einar Thomassen — is a Norwegian Professor in Religious Studies (aka History of Religions aka Religionswissenschaft) at the University of Bergen, he also has a position as an adjunct professor at The University of Aarhus.Thomassen was born in 1951 in Bergen, and… … Wikipedia
BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GENIZAH, CAIRO — Introduction The term genizah is a word shortened from the rabbinical Hebrew phrase bet genizah (see also genizah ). Its counterpart in late biblical Hebrew is genez (pl. genazim, ginzei) which in Esther evidently means a treasury, as well as the … Encyclopedia of Judaism
biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… … Universalium
MAḤZOR — (Heb. מַחֲזוֹר, maḥazor; cycle ), festival prayer book. The word is similar to the term Maḥzarta of the Syrian Church, which means a breviary, and was originally applied to the poetical insertions to be recited in prayers throughout the yearly… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
