Antecedents of the feminine imagery of Spirit in the "Acts of Thomas"
The Acts of Thomas is notable for its inclusion of prayers that identify the Holy Spirit as “Mother” and that use other feminine imagery in speaking of her. This imagery develops language for the divine spirit known from the Hebrew tradition, and incorporates also the understandings of Wisdom from H...
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| Language: | English |
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Brepols
[2015]
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Apocrypha
Year: 2015, Volume: 26, Pages: 103-118 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Acts of Thomas
/ Holy Spirit
/ Mother (Motif)
/ Predecessor
/ Old Testament
/ Atargatis, Goddess
/ Bardesanes, Edessenus 155-222
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| RelBib Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HB Old Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit |
| Further subjects: | B
Acts of Thomas
B Gender B Woman |
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