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The Apocalypse of Zostrianos (Nag Hammadi Viii .1) and the Book of the Secrets of Enoch

The Apocalypse of Zostrianos (Nag Hammadi Viii .1) and the Book of the Secrets of Enoch THE APOCALYPSE OF ZOSTRIANOS (NAG HAMMADI VIII .1) AND THE BOOK OF THE SECRETS OF ENOCH BY MADELEINE SCOPELLO The Coptic Apocalypse of Zostrianos (Nag Hammadi VIII. 1)1 is the account of a heavenly trip during which divine mysteries are revealed to the initiate, Zostrianos, by an angelic being. The framework of revelation of this gnostic treatise seems to be linked with similar frameworks used in several Jewish Pseudepigrapha, describing the ascensio ad caelum of the Patriarchs. We find in these Jewish texts, as well as in Zostrianos, traces of a ritual of royal enthronement2 of Mesopotamian origin that has be- come, in late Jewish, Jewish-Christian and gnostic writings, a ritual of the heavenly ascension of the initiate. The initiate, taken from earth by an angel, is led to heaven, where he ascends progressively through the levels of aeons. Taken in charge by an angelic entity, he is purified, anointed, clothed with heavenly garments, crowned and enthroned. He receives a certain number of revelations, until he reaches the highest knowledge that God commands him to record in order to hand it down to his genos after having come back to earth. While this framework of the heavenly trip http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vigiliae Christianae Brill

The Apocalypse of Zostrianos (Nag Hammadi Viii .1) and the Book of the Secrets of Enoch

Scopello, Madeleine
Vigiliae Christianae , Volume 34 (4): 376 – Jan 1, 1980
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© 1980 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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THE APOCALYPSE OF ZOSTRIANOS (NAG HAMMADI VIII .1) AND THE BOOK OF THE SECRETS OF ENOCH BY MADELEINE SCOPELLO The Coptic Apocalypse of Zostrianos (Nag Hammadi VIII. 1)1 is the account of a heavenly trip during which divine mysteries are revealed to the initiate, Zostrianos, by an angelic being. The framework of revelation of this gnostic treatise seems to be linked with similar frameworks used in several Jewish Pseudepigrapha, describing the ascensio ad caelum of the Patriarchs. We find in these Jewish texts, as well as in Zostrianos, traces of a ritual of royal enthronement2 of Mesopotamian origin that has be- come, in late Jewish, Jewish-Christian and gnostic writings, a ritual of the heavenly ascension of the initiate. The initiate, taken from earth by an angel, is led to heaven, where he ascends progressively through the levels of aeons. Taken in charge by an angelic entity, he is purified, anointed, clothed with heavenly garments, crowned and enthroned. He receives a certain number of revelations, until he reaches the highest knowledge that God commands him to record in order to hand it down to his genos after having come back to earth. While this framework of the heavenly trip

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Published: Jan 1, 1980

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