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- The Rape of Eve: The Transformation of Roman Ideology in Three Early Christian Retellings of Genesis
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
summary
Sex, violence, power, and redemption. In recent decades, scholars of New Testament and early Christian traditions have given new attention to the relationships between gender and imperial power in the Roman world. In this surprising work, Celene Lillie examines core passages from three texts from Nag Hammadi, On the Origin of the World, The Reality of the Rulers, and the Secret Revelation of John, in which Eve is portrayed as having been humiliated by the cosmic powers, yet experiencing restoration. Lillie compares that pattern with Gnostic savior motifs concerning Jesus and Seth, then sets it in the broader context of Roman cosmogonic myths at play in imperial ideology. The Nag Hammadi texts, she argues, offer us a window into symbolic forms of Christian resistance to imperial ideology. This groundbreaking study highlights the importance of the Nag Hammadi writings for our fuller appreciation of the currents of Christian response to the Roman Empire and the culture of rape pervasive within it.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-xii
- Abbreviations
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-20
- 2 “One loves, the other flees . . .”
- pp. 125-178
- 3 “And they lusted after her . . .”
- pp. 179-240
- 4 “And so they convicted themselves . . .”
- pp. 241-272
- 5 “But she could not be grasped . . .”
- pp. 273-292
- Works Consulted
- pp. 311-336
- Index of Subjects, Writings, and Names
- pp. 337-346
- Index of Selected Authors
- pp. 347-349
- Back Cover
- p. 350
Additional Information
ISBN
9781506414379
Related ISBN(s)
9781506423364
MARC Record
OCLC
971337375
Pages
364
Launched on MUSE
2017-02-07
Language
English
Open Access
No