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Tuomas Rasimus
Tuomas Rasimus (ed.) This volume investigates the early, second-century reception of the Fourth Gospel. This is an era when its fortunes are surrounded by silence and mystery. It was assumed, until quite recently, that Gnostic and other so-called heterodox groups were the first ones to appreciate this gospel, and hence the mainstream Christians avoided using it until Irenaeus rescued it for the church. Lately, this view has been challenged by several scholars for several reasons. The contributions in this volume, written by leading specialists in their respective fields, offer an approachable, fresh, comprehensive and up-to-date view of the second-century reception of John’s Gospel, in a situation where new understandings about various forms of early Christianity and its multiformity have started to emerge.
Ismo Dunderberg
Antti Marjanen & Ismo Dunderberg The book is the Finnish translation of the Gospel of Judas, and includes also introduction and articles about the text and the character of Judas.
Ismo Dunderberg Was the Gospel of John written in critical response to the Gospel of Thomas, an early collection of Jesus's sayings? Or was it directed to the Christians among whom Thomas originated? Ismo Dunderberg challenges these views, arguing that the two gospels were written at about the same time but without knowledge of each other. He also offers a thorough discussion of the identity and functions of the enigmatic Beloved Disciple in the Gospel of John, throwing new light on this figure by comparing it to other “beloved” disciples of Jesus in early Christian literature. This part of Dunderberg's analysis also helps to evaluate the portrayal of Judas in the recently published Gospel of Judas, although this text was not yet available, when this study was completed.
Edited by Antti Marjanen The last ten years have witnessed great changes in research on Gnosticism. Due to the discovery of new sources, most notably the Nag Hammadi Library, and an increasing demand for more analytical and precise definitions of the phenomenon, scholars have developed new and more nuanced understandings of Gnosticism. For others, this has not been enough. They have asserted that if the term Gnosticism is still used, each use will require careful reflection on how and for what purpose it is employed since, in their view, the term no longer has a generally approved content that is independent of its use in a given situation. Having found all definitions too ambiguous or even misleading, some scholars have suggested that the term should be abandoned altogether. The present volume provides an up-to- date introduction into the debate. The contributors, Karen King, Gerd Lüdemann, Antti Marjanen, Birger Pearson, and Michael Williams, represent leading experts in the study of Gnosticism.
Edited by Antti Marjanen and Petri Luomanen The book illuminates “the other side” of early Christianity by examining thinkers and movements that were embraced by many second-century religious seekers as legitimate forms of Christianity, but which are now largely forgotten, or are known only from the characteristics attributed to them in the writings of their main adversaries. The collection deals with the following teachers and movements: Basilides, Sethianism, Valentinus’ school, Marcion, Tatian, Bardaisan, Montanists, Cerinthus, Ebionites, Nazarenes, Jewish-Christianity of the Pseudo-Clementines, and Elchasites. Where appropriate, the authors have included an overview of the life and significant publications of the “heretics,” along with a description of their theologies and movements. Therefore, this volume can serve as a handbook of the second-century “heretics” and their “heresies.” Since all the chapters have been written by specialists who wrestle daily with their research themes, the contributions also offer new perspectives and insights stimulating further discussion on this fascinating—but often neglected—side of early Christianity.
Risto Uro
Many scholars believe that The Gospel of Thomas, the famous collection of Jesus’ sayings
found in Nag Hammadi in 1945, makes all the difference for our understanding
of the origins of Christianity. The gospel has been studied closely for the
new light it throws on pre-canonical traditions, and for the different world
of wisdom it seems to represent.
A collection of translations with introductions and notes. The volume includes 23 Nag Hammadi documents and cognated texts translated by the Finnish research team.
Antti
Marjanen The first textbook for Coptic language ever written in Finnish.
Risto
Uro (ed.) The volume contains seven essays on Thomas written by the members of Finnish research team, Ismo Dunderberg, Antti Marjanen and Risto Uro. The writers focus on several controversial and central issues of Thomasine studies, such as the gospel's relationship to the canonical gospels, Gnosticism, Judaism and ascetic movements. The book also deals with the question of the position of women in Thomas' social context. Contents:
Antti
Marjanen This is the first comprehensive study on Mary Magdalene in those second and third century Gnostic texts in which Jesus's most famous female follower gains a prominent position.
Special attention is paid to the way Mary is presented in relation to other disciples, and to how her portrait pertains to gender imagery used in the writings. Detailed text analyses, based on a careful philological study, show that no uniform picture and use of the figure of Mary can be traced. Contrary to a common supposition, the book also demonstrates that the positive view of Mary displayed in the texts does not automatically imply a positive attitude towards women in general. The work provides the basis for all further discussion of Mary Magdalene in the Nag Hammadi and related documents. Rasimus, Tuomas. "Introduction." Legacy of John: The Second Century Reception of the Fourth Gospel, T. Rasimus, ed., Supplements to Novum Testamentum 132, Leiden: Brill, 2009, 1–16. Rasimus, Tuomas. "Ptolemaeus and the Valentinian Exegesis of John’s Prologue." Legacy of John: The Second Century Reception of the Fourth Gospel, T. Rasimus, ed., Supplements to Novum Testamentum 132, Leiden: Brill, 2009, 145–171. Rasimus, Tuomas. "Porphyry and the Gnostics: Reassessing Pierre Hadot’s Thesis in Light of the Second and Third Century Sethian Material." Plato's Parmenides and its Reception in Patristic, Gnostic, and Christian Neoplatonic Texts, K. Corrigan and J. Turner, eds., Writings from the Greco-Roman World, Atlanta: Society of Biblical LIterature; Leiden: Brill, 2009 (in press). Vähäkangas, Päivi. “Platonic, Sethian and Valentinian views on the tripartition of human soul.” Forthcoming in Anthropology in Context: Studies on Anthropological Ideas within the New Testament and its Ancient Context. Eds. by M. Labahn & O. Lehtipuu. Leuven: Peeters, 2009. Vähäkangas, Päivi. “‘That ill-formed little fox.’ Valentinians as the enemy in Irenaeus’ Against Heresies.” Forthcoming in The Faces of the Other. Depictions of Otherness in the Late Roman World (Brepols). Lehtipuu, Outi. “Biblical Body Language: the Spiritual and the Bodily Resurrection.” Forthcoming in Anthropology in Context: Studies on Anthropological Ideas within the New Testament and its Ancient Context. Eds. by M. Labahn & O. Lehtipuu. Leuven: Peeters, 2009. Marjanen, Antti. “Gnosticism.” Pages 203-220 in The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies. Edited by Susan Ashbrook Harvey and David Hunter. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Marjanen, Antti. “What Does It Mean When a Woman Is Called or Portrayed as a Man? The Idea of Gender Transformation in Early Christian Texts and in Modern Times.” Pages 133-138 in Complexity: Interdisciplinary Communications 2006/2007. Edited by Willy Østreng. Oslo: Centre for Advanced Study, 2008. Lehtipuu, Outi. “Resurrection as a Symbol for Self-Identity and Boundary Drawing.” Pp. 42-45 in Complexity: Interdisciplinary Communications 2006/2007. Ed. by Willy Østreng; Oslo: Centre for Advanced Study, 2008. Lehtipuu, Outi. ”Ruumiin ylösnousemus Nag Hammadin kirjoituksissa.” Teologinen Aikakauskirja 2008 (tulossa). Lehtipuu, Outi. “‘Flesh and Blood Cannot Inherit the Kingdom of God:’ The Transformation of the Flesh in the Early Christian Debates Concerning Resurrection.” Fothcoming in: Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Taxonomies and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity. Ed. by Turid Karlsen Seim & Jorunn Økland. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2008. Dunderberg, Ismo. ”Greeks and Jews in the Tripartite Tractate.” Forthcoming in L. Painchaud & P.-H. Poirier (ed.), L'Évangile selon Thomas et les textes de Nag Hammadi: Traditions et convergences. Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi, Section “Études” 8. Quebec: Laval University Press; Leuven: Peeters.
Dunderberg, Ismo. “Gnostilaisuus ja kristinusko.” Forthcoming in Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Vuosikirja/Finnish Academy of Science and Letters Year Book 2005. Helsinki: Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
Laine, Minna. ”Jews and Christians in the Gospel of Philip.” Forthcoming in The Proceedings of the 2004 SBL International Meeting, Groningen.
Rasimus, Tuomas. "Une évaluation critique du film ‘The Lost Tomb of Jesus,’” Laval Théologique et Philosophique 63/1 (2007), 113–120. Rasimus, Tuomas. "Serpent in Gnostic and Related Texts," Colloque International ”L’Évangile selon Thomas et les textes de Nag Hammadi. Traditions et convergences,” L. Painchaud and P.-H. Poirier, eds., Bibliothèque Copte de Nag Hammadi, Section: «Études» 8, Québec: Les Presses de l’Université Laval; Leuven: Peeters, 2007, 417–471.
Dunderberg, Ismo. ”Lust for Power in the Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5).” Pages 169-89 inP.-H. Poirier & L. Painchaud (ed.), Coptica, Manichaeica, Gnostica: Mélanges Wolf-Peter Funk. Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi, Section “Études” 7. Quebec: Laval University Press; Leuven: Peeters, 2006.
Dunderberg, Ismo. ”From Thomas to Valentinus: Genesis Exegesis in the Fragment 4 of Valentinus and Its Relationship to Thomas.” Pages 221-37 in R. Uro, J. Ma. Asgeirsson & A. D. De Conick (ed.), Thomasine Traditions in Antiquity. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 59. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2006.
Marjanen, Antti. “The Portrait of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas.” Pages 209-19 in J. Ma. Asgeirsson et alii (ed.), Thomasine Traditions in Antiquity: The Gospel of Thomas and Its Relatives. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 59. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2006.
Marjanen, Antti. “The Figure of Authades in the Nag Hammadi and Related Documents.”Pages 567-81 in L. Painchaud & P.-H. Poirier (ed.), Coptica, Gnostica, Manichaica: Mélanges Wolf-Peter Funk. Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi, Section “Études” 7. Quebec: Les presses de l'Université Laval; Louvain: Peeters, 2006.
Rasimus, Tuomas. ”Anathema Iesous (1 Cor 12:3)? Origen of Alexandria on the Ophite Gnostics.” Pages 797-821 in L. Painchaud & P.-H. Poirier (ed.), Coptica, Gnostica, Manichaica: Mélanges Wolf-Peter Funk. Bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi, Section “Études” 7. Quebec: Les presses de l'Université Laval; Louvain: Peeters, 2006.
Uro, Risto. ”The Social World of the Gospel of Thomas.” Pages 19-38 in J. Ma. Asgeirsson et alii (ed.), Thomasine Traditions in Antiquity: The Gospel of Thomas and Its Relatives. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 59. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2006.
Dunderberg, Ismo. ”The School of Valentinus.” Pages 64-99 in A. Marjanen & P. Luomanen (ed.), A Companion to Second-Century Christian “Heretics”. Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 76. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2005.
Dunderberg, Ismo. ”Valentinian Views about Adam’s Creation: Valentinus and the Gospel of Philip.” Pages 509-27 in A. Mustakallio et alii (ed.), Lux Humana, Lux Aeterna: Essays on Biblical and Related Themes in Honour of Lars Aejmelaeus. Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society 89. Helsinki: The Finnish Exegetical Society; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2005.
Dunderberg, Ismo. “Keskustelua herättävä kirja.” Vartija 117 (2005): 3-10.
Dunderberg, Ismo. “Jälkisanat: Dan Brownin Da Vinci -koodi ja Nag Hammadin kirjasto.” Pages 469-76 in I. Dunderberg & A. Marjanen (ed.), Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus (2. enlarged edition; see above).
Dunderberg, Ismo. “Gnostilaisuus kristinuskon toisena.” Teologinen Aikakauskirja 110 (2005): 553-60.
Laine, Minna. ”Gnosis, Love and Resurrection: Interpretation of Pauline Epistles in the Valentinian Gospel of Philip.” Pages 415-35 in A. Mustakallio et alii (ed.), Lux Humana, Lux Aeterna: Essays on Biblical and Related Themes in Honour of Lars Aejmelaeus. Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society 89. Helsinki: The Finnish Exegetical Society; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2005.
Marjanen, Antti. “Mary Magdalene, a Beloved Disciple.” Pages 49-61 in D. Good (ed.), Mariam, the Magdalen, and the Mother. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2005.
Marjanen, Antti. “What is Gnosticism? From the Pastorals to Rudolph.” Pages 1-53 in A. Marjanen (ed.), Was There a Gnostic Religion? Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society 87. Helsinki: Finnish Exegetical Society/Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2005.
Rasimus, Tuomas. ”Ophite Gnosticism, Sethianism, and the Nag Hammadi Library.” Vigiliae Christianae 59 (2005): 235-63.
Rasimus, Tuomas. ”Ophite Myth of Adam and the Corinthian Situation.” Pages 391-414 in A. Mustakallio et alii (ed.), Lux Humana, Lux Aeterna: Essays on Biblical and Related Themes in Honour of Lars Aejmelaeus. Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society 89. Helsinki: The Finnish Exegetical Society; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2005.
Dunderberg, Ismo. ”Valentinian Teachers in Rome.” Pages 157-74 in M. Labahn & J. Zangenberg (ed.), Christians as a Religious Minority in a Multicultural City: Modes of Interaction and Identity Formation in Early Imperial Rome. Journal for the Study of the New Testament: Supplement Series 243. London: T&T Clark, 2004.
Marjanen, Antti. “A Nag Hammadi Contribution to the Discussion about the Pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.” Pages 153-160 in H. Juusola et alii (ed.), Verbum et Calamus: Semitic and Related Studies in Honour of the Sixtieth Birthday of Professor Tapani Harviainen. Studia Orientalia 99. Helsinki: The Finnish Oriental Society, 2004.
Marjanen, Antti. “How Egalitarian Was the Gnostic View of Women? Mary Magdalene Texts in the Nag Hammadi and Related Documents.” Pages 785-797 in M. Immerzeel (ed.), Coptic Studies on the Threshold of a New Millennium: Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Coptic Studies; Leiden, August 27 - September 2, 2000. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 133. Louvain: Peeters, 2004.
Dunderberg, Ismo. “Body Metaphors in 1 Corinthians and in the Interpretation of Knowledge (NHC XI,1).” Forthcoming in A. Boud’hors (ed.), Proceedings of the Eighth International Association for Coptic Studies Meeting, Paris 2004.
Ismo Dunderberg, "The Beloved Disciple in John: Ideal Figure in an Early Christian Controversy." Fair Play: Diversity and Conflicts in Early Christianity: Essays in Honour of Heikki Räisänen, 243–69. Ed. Ismo Dunderberg, Christopher Tuckett & Kari Syreeni. Supplements to Novum Testament 103. Leiden: Brill, 2002. Antti Marjanen, "The Suffering of One Who Is a Stranger to Suffering: The Crucifixion of Jesus in the Letter of Peter to Philip." Fair Play, 487– 98. Risto Uro, "'Who Will Be Our Leader?' Authority and Autonomy in the Gospel of Thomas." Fair Play, 457–85. Antti Marjanen, "Translating Ancient Texts." Essays in Translation, Pragmatics and Semiotics, 93-109. Ed. Irmeli Helin. Helsinki University Translation Series 2. Helsinki: Multilingual Communication Programme (MonAKO), 2002. Antti Marjanen, "The Mother of Jesus or Mary Magdalene? The Identity of Mary in the So-Called Gnostic Christian Texts." Which Mary? The Marys of Early Christian Tradition, 31-41. Ed. F. Stanley Jones. SBL Symposium Series 19. Atlanta: SBL, 2002. Ismo Dunderberg, "Valentinoksen koulukunta." Teologinen Aikakauskirja 107 (2002): 568–79. Risto Uro, "Jos Tuomas olisi viides evankeliumi." Teologinen Aikakauskirja 107 (2002): 544–54. Ismo Dunderberg, "Nag Hammadin löytö ja gnostilaisuus." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus: Gnostilaisia ja muita varhaiskristillisiä tekstejä, 11–32. Toim. Ismo Dunderberg ja Antti Marjanen. Helsinki WSOY, 2001. Ismo Dunderberg, "Johanneksen salainen kirja (NHK II,1): Johdanto." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus, 35–38. Ismo Dunderberg, "Katkelmia Valentinokselta: Johdanto, käännös ja selitykset." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus, 109–18. Ismo Dunderberg, "Totuuden evankeliumi (NHK I, 16–43): Johdanto, käännös ja selitykset." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus, 119–43. Ismo Dunderberg, "Ptolemaioksen kirje Floralle (Epifanios, Panarion 33.3.1–7.10): Johdanto, käännös ja selitykset." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus, 145–59. Ismo Dunderberg, "Filippuksen evankeliumi (NHK II, 3): Johdanto, käännös ja selitykset." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus, 173–207. Ismo Dunderberg & Antti Marjanen & Erja Salmenkivi, "Johanneksen salainen kirja: Käännös." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus, 39–72. Ismo Dunderberg & Antti Marjanen, "Jeesuksen Kristuksen viisaus: Käännös." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus, 240–56. Ismo Dunderberg & Antti Marjanen & Risto Uro, "Tuomas Kilvoittelijan kirja: Käännös." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus, 325–38. Antti Marjanen & Risto Uro, "Tuomaan evankeliumi: Käännös." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus, 294–321. Antti Marjanen, "Jeesuksen Kristuksen viisaus: Johdanto." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus, 237–40. Antti Marjanen, "Marian evankeliumi: Johdanto ja käännös." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus, 435–43. Antti Marjanen, "Paavalin ilmestys: Johdanto ja käännös." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus, 279–85. Antti Marjanen, "Pietarin ilmestys: Johdanto ja käännös." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus, 267–78. Antti Marjanen, "Pietarin kirje Filippukselle: Johdanto ja käännös." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus, 257–65. Antti Marjanen, "Suuren Voimamme tunteminen: Johdanto ja käännös." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus, 223–36. Risto Uro, "Johdanto [Tuomaan evankeliumiin]." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus, 289–93. Risto Uro, "Keskustelu Vapahtajan kanssa [johdanto ja käännös]." Nag Hammadin kätketty viisaus, 353–71. Risto Uro, "Gnostilaiset evankeliumit ja kristinuskon synty." Tieteessä tapahtuu (3/2001): 11–15. Antti Marjanen, "Vanhan testamentin vastustajia: Markion ja Harnack." Teologinen Aikakauskirja 105 (2000): 494–98. Risto Uro, "'Washing the Outside of the Cup.' Gos. Thom. 89 and Synoptic Parallels." From Quest to Q: Festschrift James M. Robinson, 303–22. Ed. Jon Ma. Asgeirsson, Kristin De Troyer & Marvin Meyer. Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium 146. Leuven: Leuven University Press/ Peeters 2000, 303–22. Ismo Dunderberg, "Jeesuksen oppilaat kirjureina: Eräs uskonnollisen vakuuttamisen keino vanhassa kirkossa." Vartija 112 (1999): 104-109. Ismo Dunderberg, "Mitä on ‘gnostilaisuus'?" Teologinen Aikakauskirja 104 (1999): 243–52. Antti Marjanen, "Egypti juutalaisissa ja varhaiskristillisissä lähteissä." Helikon (2/1999), 15–20. Antti Marjanen, "Jesu hemliga ord i Thomasevangeliet." Finsk Tidskrift (6/1999): 353– 61. Ismo Dunderberg, "Tunteet ja maailman synty: valentinolainen myytti Viisaudesta." Teologinen Aikakauskirja 103 (1998): 387–98. Ismo Dunderberg, "Thomas' I-Sayings and the Gospel of John." Thomas at the Crossroads, 33–64. Ed. Risto Uro. Studies of the New Testament and Its World. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1998. 33–64. Ismo Dunderberg, "Thomas and the Beloved Disciple." Thomas at the Crossroads, 65–88. Antti Marjanen, "Women Disciples in the Gospel of Thomas." Thomas at the Crossroads, 89–106. Antti Marjanen, "Is Thomas a Gnostic Gospel?" Thomas at the Crossroads, 107–39. Antti Marjanen, "Thomas and Jewish Religious Practices." Thomas at the Crossroads, 163–82. Risto Uro, "Introduction: Thomas at the Crossroads: Searching New Perspectives on the Debated Gospel." Thomas at the Crossroads, 1–7. Risto Uro, "Thomas and Oral Gospel Tradition." Thomas at the Crossroads, 8–32. Risto Uro, "Is Thomas an Encratite Gospel?" Thomas at the Crossroads, 140–162. Ismo Dunderberg, "John and Thomas in Conflict?" The Nag Hammadi Library after Fifty Years: Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Literature Commemoration, 361–80. Ed. Anne McGuire & John D. Turner. Nag Hammdi and Manichean Series 44. Leiden: Brill, 1997. Ismo Dunderberg, "Filippuksen evankeliumi (NHK II, 3): Johdanto, käännös ja selitykset." Teologinen Aikakauskirja 102 (1997): 299–315. Ismo Dunderberg, "'Te olette alusta asti kuolemattomia': Näkökulmia Valentinoksen käsitykseen kuolemattomuudesta." Teologinen Aikakauskirja 102 (1997): 138– 49. Antti Marjanen, "Kaanonin ulkopuoliset evankeliumit." Varhaiskristilliset evankeliumit, 320–66. Toim. Matti Myllykoski & Arto Järvinen. Helsinki: Yliopistopaino, 1997. Antti Marjanen, "Nag Hammadin tekstilöytö ja Uuden testamentin tutkimus." Raamatuntutkimuksen uudet tuulet, 136–53. Toim. Raimo Hakola & Petri Merenlahti. Helsinki: Yliopistopaino, 1997. Risto Uro, "Asceticism and Anti-familial Language in the Gospel of Thomas." Constructing Early Christian Families: Family as Social Reality and Metaphor, 216–34. Ed. Halvor Moxnes. London: Routledge 1997. Ismo Dunderberg, Antti Marjanen & Risto Uro, "Tuomas Kilvoittelijan kirja (NHK II,7): Käännös ja huomautukset." Teologinen Aikakauskirja 101 (1996): 9–16. Risto Uro, "Ylösnousemuksen lapset: Seksuaalinen asketismi varhaiskristillisyydessä." Diakonia (4/1994): 4–8.
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