Images of Rebirth: Cognitive Poetics and Transformational Soteriology in the Gospel of Philip and the Exegesis on the Soul

Images of Rebirth: Cognitive Poetics and Transformational Soteriology
in the Gospel of Philip and the Exegesis on the Soul......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 16
2. Bodily Based Cognitive Models......Page 20
3. Allusions and Intertextuality......Page 21
4. A New Approach......Page 23
5. The Texts: The Exegesis on the Soul and the Gospel of Philip......Page 24
5.1. The Manuscript: Nag Hammadi Codex II......Page 25
5.2. Issues of Translation and Transmission......Page 28
6. The Nag Hammadi Library and “Gnosticism”......Page 35
1. Conceptual and Intertextual Blending......Page 40
Traditional Theories of Metaphor......Page 42
Cognitive Theories of Metaphor......Page 43
Conceptual Metaphor Theory......Page 45
The Scope of the Source and the Range of the Target......Page 46
1.2. Metonymy......Page 47
1.3. Blending Theory......Page 48
Vital Relations......Page 54
A Taxonomy of Blends......Page 55
Blending Theory vs. Conceptual Metaphor Theory......Page 56
Blending, Cognitive Architecture, and Memory......Page 57
1.4. Idealized Cognitive Models (ICMs)......Page 59
1.5. Intertextuality......Page 61
Intertextual Blending......Page 65
1.6. Conclusion......Page 68
2. Interpretive Contexts and Communities......Page 69
2.1. Authorial Intention and the Role of the Reader......Page 70
2.2. The Function and Effects of Context......Page 72
The Identification and Interpretation of Allusions......Page 74
2.3. Canon and Interpretation......Page 75
2.4. The Function of Creeds and Rules of Faith in Interpretation......Page 79
2.5. Interpretive Communities......Page 81
2.6. Embodiment and Culture......Page 82
2.7. Conclusion......Page 83
1. Introduction......Page 84
1.1. Outline of the Narrative......Page 85
1.2. Purpose and Problems......Page 86
2. Textual and Redactional Issues......Page 87
2.1. Scriptural Intertextuality......Page 88
2.2. The Question of Redaction......Page 92
3.1. The Soul is a Woman......Page 94
The Soul as Male-Female......Page 96
The Soul Is a Prostitute......Page 101
The Womb of the Soul......Page 109
Baptism isWashing......Page 112
3.2. Marriage and Procreation......Page 118
Wedding Feast and Bridal Chamber......Page 123
The (Re)union......Page 128
Conception, Birth, and Rebirth......Page 131
3.3. Concluding Analysis: The Feminisation of the Soul......Page 139
The Soul and Christ......Page 141
4. Sitz im Leben......Page 142
4.1. Literary Structure and Function......Page 143
4.2. Literal or Metaphorical Rituals?......Page 145
4.3. Implied Lifestyle......Page 150
Repentance and Prayer......Page 151
4.4. Date and Provenance......Page 153
5. Concluding Discussion......Page 169
1. Introduction......Page 172
2. Textual and Redactional Issues......Page 174
2.1. Textual Coherence and the Question of Redaction......Page 175
2.2. Scriptural Intertextuality......Page 182
3. Analysis of Major Blends......Page 183
3.1. The Christian as a Christ......Page 184
Christology and Anthropology......Page 186
The Names and Titles of Christ......Page 189
Christ’s True Nature......Page 190
Adam as Prototype......Page 195
The Conception and Birth of Christ......Page 198
The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan......Page 201
Kinship......Page 211
Creating and Begetting......Page 214
Fathers and Sons......Page 218
Baptism and Chrismation......Page 222
The Kiss......Page 226
Rest......Page 227
Procreation and Kinship: Summary......Page 230
Life and Death......Page 231
Paradise and the Origin of Death......Page 233
The Crucifixion......Page 239
The Rending of the Veil......Page 243
Resurrection......Page 247
Resurrection Prior to Death......Page 248
Postmortem Resurrection......Page 255
Inheritance......Page 261
Humans and Animals......Page 264
Putting on and Becoming Perfect Man......Page 265
Chrismation......Page 266
Eucharist......Page 269
Dyeing......Page 273
Joining and Mixing......Page 284
Like MixingWith Like......Page 285
Eating and Becoming......Page 288
Marriage and Related Imagery......Page 291
Marriage with Christ......Page 292
Marriage in this World......Page 294
The Wedding Feast and the Transfiguration......Page 298
The Wedding Feast and the Eucharist......Page 300
Eucharistic Epiclesis and Joining with Angels......Page 303
Spiritual Love......Page 310
The Hidden and the Revealed......Page 322
Names, Types, Symbols, and Images......Page 326
TheWorks of Christ “In a Mystery”......Page 330
The Temple......Page 335
The Body as Bridal Chamber......Page 340
3.3. Implications......Page 343
Sacramental System and Community Organisation......Page 344
Baptism and Chrismation......Page 345
Eucharist......Page 348
The Bridal Chamber......Page 350
Prayer......Page 354
Community Organisation......Page 356
Christology, Anthropology, and Soteriology......Page 363
Literary Structure and Function......Page 364
The Title......Page 366
4.1. “Gnosticism” and “Valentinianism”......Page 368
4.2. Date and Provenance......Page 376
Inner-Christian Polemics......Page 393
“Begotten, Not Made”......Page 396
The Virgin Birth......Page 399
The Resurrection of the Flesh......Page 400
Anti-Judaism and Associative Anti-Judaism......Page 404
5. Concluding Discussion......Page 413
5.1. Christology and Anthropology......Page 414
5.2. Transformation and Deification......Page 417
1. The Perspective of the Present Study......Page 420
2. Literary Structure......Page 421
4. Bodily Based Cognitive Models......Page 422
5. Christology and Anthropology......Page 424
6. Transformational Soteriology......Page 425
7. Rituals and Mystagogy......Page 426
8. Metaphors and Ontology......Page 427
9. The Use of Scripture......Page 428
10. Ethics and Way of Life......Page 429
11. Reflections on Methodology......Page 430
12. The Place of Exeg. Soul and Gos. Phil. in the History of Christianity......Page 432
Figures......Page 436
Appendix A. The Exegesis on the Soul......Page 462
Appendix B. The Gospel of Philip......Page 487
Bibliography......Page 560
Index of Ancient Sources......Page 596