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Document Details : Title: Les citations bibliques dans le traité anonyme du codex Bruce (Oxford, Bibliothèque Bodlénienne, MS Bruce 96) Author(s): CRÉGHEUR, Eric Journal: Le Muséon Volume: 137 Issue: 1-2 Date: 2024 Pages: 53-73 DOI: 10.2143/MUS.137.1.3293314 Abstract : Neglected for nearly a century by scholars, the Coptic Gnostic treatise known as the Untitled Text of the Bruce Codex (MS Bruce 96, Bodleian Library of Oxford) is usually quickly categorized as a late witness of the so-called 'Platonizing Sethian' treatises, along with Zostrianos (NH VIII, 1), Allogenes (NH XI, 3), the Three Steles of Seth (NH VII, 5) and Marsanes (NH X, 1). Notoriously difficult to interpret, the Untitled Text presents itself as a series of hymns addressed to a First Principle. One of the most intriguing aspects of the treatise is the large number of biblical citations found in the text. This paper proposes to examine these citations in detail. Considering that the number of biblical citations, or even allusions, found in the four Platonizing Sethian treatises of Nag Hammadi is quite low, if not completely absent, we will examine what impact the presence of biblical material in the Untitled Text can have on its traditional categorization. |
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