{"product_id":"cosmology-and-fate-in-gnosticism-nicola-f-denzey-9789004245488","title":"Cosmology and Fate in Gnosticism and Graeco-Roman Antiquity: Under Pitiless Skies","description":"In \u003ci\u003eCosmology and Fate in Gnosticism and Graeco-Roman Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e, Nicola Denzey Lewis dismisses Hans Jonas' mischaracterization of second-century Gnosticism as a philosophically-oriented religious movement built on the perception of the cosmos as negative or enslaving. A focused study on the concept of astrological fate in \"Gnostic\" writings including the Apocryphon of John, the recently-discovered Gospel of Judas, Trimorphic Protennoia, and the Pistis Sophia, this book reexamines their language of \"enslavement to fate (Gk: heimarmene)\" from its origins in Greek Stoicism, its deployment by the apostle Paul, to its later use by a variety of second-century intellectuals (both Christian and non-Christian). Denzey Lewis thus offers an informed and revisionist conceptual map of the ancient cosmos, its influence, and all those who claimed to be free of its potentially pernicious effects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicola F. Denzey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004245480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004245488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.29w x 0.69d","brand":"Nicola F. Denzey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48588039618815,"sku":"9789004245488","price":181.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cosmology-and-fate-in-gnosticism-nicola-f-denzey-9789004245488","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}