Histories of the hidden God : concealment and revelation in Western gnostic, esoteric, and mystical traditions / edited by April D. DeConick and Grant Adamson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Conick, April D., editor.

Adamson, Grant, editor.

Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.

Series:

Gnostica.

Gnostica

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hidden God--Congresses.

Hidden God.

God (Christianity)--Congresses.

God (Christianity).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 358 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Acumen Publishing Ltd, 2013.

Contents:

Part I Concealment of the Hidden God

1 Who is hiding in the Gospel of John? Reconceptualizing Johannine theology and the roots of Gnosticism / April D. DeConick DeConick, April D. 13

2 Adoil outside the cosmos: God before and after Creation in the Enochic tradition / Andrei A. Orlov Orlov, Andrei A. 30

3 The old gods of Egypt in lost Hermetica and early Sethianism / Grant Adamson Adamson, Grant 58

4 Hidden God and hidden self: The emergence of apophatic anthropology in Christian mysticism / Bernard McGinn McGinn, Bernard 87

5 God's occulted body: On the hiddenness of Christ in Alan of Lille's Antidaudianus / Claire Fanger Fanger, Claire 101

Part II The Human Quest for the Hidden God

6 Obscured by the scriptures, revealed by the prophets: God in the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies / Kelley Cohlentz Bautch Bautch, Kelley Cohlentz 120

7 How hidden was God? Revelation and pedagogy in ancient and medieval Hermetic writings / David Porreca Porreca, David 137

8 From hidden to revealed in Sethian revelation, ritual, and protology / John D. Turner Turner, John D. 149

9 Shamanism and the hidden history of modern Kabbalah / Jonathan Garb Garb, Jonathan 175

10 Dreaming of paradise: Seeing the hidden God in Islam / David Cook Cook, David 193

Part III Revelations of the Hidden God

11 Revealing and concealing God in ancient synagogue art / Shira Lander Lander, Shira 205

12 The invisible Christian God in Christian art / Robin M. Jensen Jensen, Robin M. 217

13 On the Mothman, God, and other monsters: The demonology of John A. Keel / Jeffrey J. Kripal Kripal, Jeffrey J. 234

14 Hidden away: Esotericism and Gnosticism in Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam / Stephen C. Finley Finley, Stephen C. 259

15 Conscious concealment: The repression and expression of African American Spiritualists / Margarita Simon Guillory Guillory, Margarita Simon 281

16 Occulture in the academy? The case of Joseph P. Farrell / John Stroup Stroup, John 298.

Notes:

Papers based on symposium on Gnosticism, Esotericism and Mysticism held at Rice University in Houston, Texas, April 15-18, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.

ISBN:

184465687X

9781844656875

OCLC:

854594410

Publisher Number:

99954842358