The Revelation of Elchasai

Name: The Revelation of Elchasai | Investigations into the Evidence for a Mesopotamian Jewish Apocalypse of the Second Century and its Reception by Judeo-Christian Propagandists
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Investigations into the Evidence for a Mesopotamian Jewish Apocalypse of the Second Century and its Reception by Judeo-Christian Propagandists

Gerard P. Luttikhuizen(Autor*in)

Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)

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Cover
Titel
Acknowledgements
Contents
Introduction: A Survey of Past Research
A. Before the Publication of Refutation IV-X (1851)
B. From the Publication of Refutation IV-X (1851) to the Studies by Brandt
C. Brandt's Studies on Elchasai
D. From Brandt to the Discovery of the Mani Codex
E. The Announcement and Publication of the Cologne Mani Codex
Recent Studies
F. Conclusions
Statement of the Problem
Part One: Source-Critical Studies
Chapter I: Hippolytus
A. Introduction
B. Text and Translation of Ref IX 4
12,20-26 (partly)
13-17
X 29
C. Ref IX 4
D. Ref IX 13-17
1. The Structure of Ref IX 13-17
2. Ref IX 13: Alcibiades' Activity in Rome
a. Hippolytus
b. Alcibiades
c. The Book of Revelations
3. Ref IX 14: Aspects of the Teaching of Alcibiades and his Followers
a. Alcibiades' Adherence to the Law (IX 14,1 a)
b. Alcibiades' Christological Ideas (IX 14,1 b)
c. The Pagan Elements in the Teaching of Alcibiades and his Followers (IX 14,2-3a)
4. Conclusion: The Sources of Alcibiades' Teaching
5. Ref IX 15-17: Alcibiades' "Written Words"
a. Private Instructions
b. An Instruction Relating to the Rebaptism of Christian Sinners. The Seven Witnesses Mentioned in the Book (IX 15,1-2
cf. IX 15,3 and 15,5f)
A Quotation from the Book?
The Second Baptism of Christian Sinners
The Baptismal Ceremony Prescribed by Alcibiades
c. More Direct Evidence for the Rebaptism of Christian Sinners (IX 15,3)
d. An Antidote for Rabies and Other Therapeutic Prescriptions (IX 15,4-16,1a)
e. Astrological Warnings. A Quotation from the Book Speaking about Trajan's Parthian War and a War among the Impious Angels of the North (IX 16,2-4)
f. Alcibiades' Emphasis on Secrecy. Concluding Remarks by Hippolytus (IX 17,1-3a)
E. Ref X 29
F. Summary
1. Hippolytus' Sources
2. The Main Tendencies in Hippolytus' Reports
3. The Teaching of Alcibiades
4. Elchasai
5. The Book of Revelations
Chapter II: Eusebius, Historia ecclesiastica VI 38
Chapter III: Epiphanius
A. Introduction
B. Text and Translation of Pan 18,1
19
20,3
30,3,1-6 and 30,17,4-8
53
and the Corresponding Anacephalaeoses
C. The Osseans
1. The Osseans and the Nasareans
2. The Osseans and the Sampseans
3. The Osseans and Elxai
D. The Teaching of Elxai
1. Introduction
2. The Seven Witnesses to an Oath
Eight Magical Names (19,1,6
19,6,4
30,17,4)
3. Ideas about Virginity, Continence, and Marriage (19,1,7)
4. The Permission of Outward Denial of One's Faith in the Face of Imminent Persecution (19,1,8-19,2,1 and 19,3,1-3)
5. Did the Book Speak about Jesus Christ? (19,3,4)
6. The Qibla to Jerusalem (19,3,5)
7. Elxai's Supposed Rejection of the Temple Cult in Jerusalem (19,3,6-7)
8. The Description of Christ and the Holy Spirit (19,4,1-2
30,17,6-7
53,1,9)
9. An Aramaic Anagram (19,4,3)
10. The Name "Elxai"
11. Conclusions
a. Epiphanius' Report
b. Epiphanius' Source of the Book
c. The Book of Revelations
E. Elxai and the Ebionites
1. Elxai's Influence on the Christological Ideas of the Ebionites (30,3,2f
30,17,5-7)
2. The Invocation by Ebionites of Names Mentioned in the Book "Elxai" (30,17,4)
F. The Sampseans or Elkeseans (53
cf. 19,1,4
19,2,2-5)
1. Chronological Information
2. Places of Residence
3. The Origin of the Sect
4. The Names of the Sect
5. Elxai and Iexai
6. Marthous and Marthana
7. Religious Ideas and Customs
8. The Sampseans and the Book "Elxai"
G. Summary
Chapter IV: Later Patristic Sources
A. Methodius of Olympus, Symposium VIII 10
B. The Anacephalaeosis-Tradition on Elkesai and the Elkeseans
C. Theodoret of Cyrus, Haereticarum fabularum comp. II 7
D. The Eusebius-Tradition on the Helkesaites
E. Conclusions
Chapter V: The Cologne Mani Codex
A. Introduction
B. Alchasaios
1. Text and Translation of CMC 94,1-97,17
2. CMC 94-99 in the Context of the Mani Biography
3. Four Narratives about Alchasaios
4. A Manichean Reference to Alchasaios as the Leader of the Baptist Sect
C. The Baptists of the CMC
Chapter VI: The Fihrist of Al-Nadîm
A. Introduction
B. The Mughtasilah and the S?âbians of the Marshlands
C. The Mughtasilah and al-H?ası^?
D. Conclusions
Chapter VII: Relations between the Sources
A. Hippolytus and Eusebius
B. Hippolytus and Epiphanius
C. Eusebius and Epiphanius
D. The Patristic Sources and the Cologne Mani Codex
Part Two: Literary and Historical Problems
Chapter VIII: "Elchasai"
A. The Form of the Name "Elchasai"
B. The Etymology of the Name "Elchasai"
C. The Referential Meaning of "Elchasai"
Chapter IX: The Book of Revelations
A. Introduction
B. Time and Place of Origin
C. The Aramaic Original and the Greek Version of the Book
D. The Content of the Book
1. A Tentative Reconstruction of the Essential Message of the Hypothetical Aramaic Book
2. The Two Heavenly Figures of Gigantic Size
3. The Seven Non-Human Witnesses and the Day of the Great Judgment
4. The More Doubtful References to the Book's Content
a. The Permission of Outward Denial in the Face of Imminent Persecution
b. The Recommendation of Marriage
c. The Qibla to Jerusalem
d. The Warning against the Sight of Fire and the Advice to Follow the Voice of Water
E. The Literary Form of the Book
F. Summary and Conclusions
1. Historical Circumstances
2. The Content of the Aramaic Book
3. The Greek Version of the Book
Chapter X: The Elkesaites
A. Introduction
B. The Reception of the Book of Revelations
1. The Religious Background of Alcibiades and Origen's Helkesaites
2. Alcibiades' Teaching
3. The Interpretation of the Book by Alcibiades and by Origen's Helkesaites
C. The Reference to a Teacher Elchasai/Elxai/Alchasaios
1. Alcibiades' Reference to Elchasai
2. The Sampseans or Elkeseans
3. Mani's Baptists
D. Conclusion: Who Were the Elkesaites?
Epilogue
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Indexes
A. Index of Texts
B. Index of Modern Authors
C. Index of Subjects
D. Semitic and Greek Words and Expressions

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