Probleme und Tendenzen in der Gnosis-Forschung im Zeitraum 2001-2021

As in the past, the origins of Gnosticism are still being discussed today. The vast majority of researchers see the origins of Gnosticism in Christianity. However, there are a number of researchers who believe that Gnosticism emerged independently of Christianity. The current research situation characterizes the diversity of the original models of Gnosticism. BARBARA ALAND, Was ist Gnosis? Studien zum frühen Christentum, zu Marcion und zur kaiserzeitlichen Philosophie (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 239). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2009, XV + 434 S. - DAVID BRAKKE, The Gnostics. Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press 2010, XII + 164 S. - JOHANNA BRANKAER, Das Evangelium nach Maria und Das Evangelium des Judas. Gnostische Blicke auf Jesus und seine Jünger (Kleine Bibliothek der antiken jüdischen und christlichen Literatur). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2017, 61 S. - DYLAN M. BURNS, Apocalypse of the Alien God. Platonism and The Exile of Sethian Gnosticism (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion). Philadelphia: University of Philadelphia Press 2014, XVII + 321 S. - CARSTEN COLPE, Einleitung in die Schriften aus Nag Hammadi ( Jerusalemer Theologisches Forum 16). Münster: Aschendorff 2011, 368 S. - STEVAN DAVIES, The Secret Book of John. The Gnostic

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