Essays about: "Petter Spjut"

Found 3 essays containing the words Petter Spjut.

  1. 1. Procreative Imagery and Cosmology in On the Origin of the World

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Petter Spjut; [2016]
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    Abstract : On the Origin of the World (henceforth: Orig. World), one of the long lost Christian texts that were unearthed 1945 in Nag Hammadi, presents a fascinating retelling of the creation narrative in Genesis 1-3. One of the most striking departures from the “prooftext” is the manner in which the world and its plants and animals are conceived. READ MORE

  3. 2. Breaking the Bonds of Oblivion : An Analysis of the Role of Fate and Providence in the Apocryphon of John

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Religionshistoria

    Author : Petter Spjut; [2014]
    Keywords : Nag Hammadi; Christianity; Judaism; Fate; Providence; Pneumatology; Gnosticism; Antiquity;

    Abstract : This essay aims to investigate the role of fate in the Apocryphon of John – an issue which, with a few exceptions, has been surprisingly overlooked by modern scholarship. In the few modern publications available on the subject, the concept of fate has previously solely been examined in the light of the Greek Philosophical schools, often neglecting texts from a Jewish-Hellenistic context. READ MORE

  4. 3. PROBLEMATIZING THE “PROTESTANT HISTORIOGRAPHIC MYTH” APPLIED TO BOUNDARY DEMARCATIONS AND THE MAKING OF PAULINISM IN COLOSSIANS

    University essay from Bibelvetenskap

    Author : Petter Spjut; [2013]
    Keywords : Religion; Colossians; Paul; New Testament; Opponents; Syncretism; Essentialism; Historiography; Critical Theory; Protestant Historiographic Myth;

    Abstract : In spite of a lively debate during the last century, there is still no scholarly consensus about the identity of the opponents in Colossians. The aim of this essay is not to put forward yet another attempt to solve this complex historical problem, but rather to examine how boundaries are drawn between the author and the opponents in Colossians and how similar boundaries are maintained, developed or even created in scholarly historiography. READ MORE