The Reception of the Book of the Watchers in Valentinus’s Fragment 1 (Clement of Alexandria, Stromata II.36.2–4)

The article intends to argue in favor of the dependence of Valentinus’s Fragment 1 (Clement, Strom. 2.36.2-4) on the Greek text of the Book of the Watchers. Moving from Valentinus’s recourse to specific expressions of the latter – and in particular of his “technical” use of the term φόβος (“fear”) a...

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Main Author: Berno, Francesco 1989- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Gnosis
Year: 2023, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-73
Further subjects:B Clement of Alexandria
B Fear
B Apocalypticism
B Book of the Watchers
B Valentinus
B Angels
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Summary:The article intends to argue in favor of the dependence of Valentinus’s Fragment 1 (Clement, Strom. 2.36.2-4) on the Greek text of the Book of the Watchers. Moving from Valentinus’s recourse to specific expressions of the latter – and in particular of his “technical” use of the term φόβος (“fear”) and of the verb ἀφανίζω (“to destroy”; “to disfigure”) – the aim is to throw new light not only on the origin of Valentinus’s anthropogonic narrative, but also on the reasons and the limits of the re-use of Enochian material in the extant Valentinian production.
ISSN:2451-859X
Contains:Enthalten in: Gnosis
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/2451859X-00801004