I am looking for academic-level resources on the concept of the _Nous_ in Eastern Orthodoxy, gnosticism(s), and ancient Egyptian religion(s). How do the differ? How are they similar? What are the various ins-and-outs between them over time?
Any academics in this incredibly narrow field on here?
#asknostr #nous #eo #gnosticism
The Wikipedia article actually has some decent references on this. As far as I know, nobody has published on the three traditions compared and contrasted. I'm getting seminary student vibes. This might be something to look into publishing 🤙
In addition to WP:
Eastern Orthodoxy:
Romanides, J. S. (2004). Patristic Theology. Uncut Mountain Press.
Mantzaridis, G. (1984). The Deification of Man: St. Gregory Palamas and the Orthodox Tradition. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press.
Ancient Egypt
Assmann, J. (1996). The Mind of Egypt: History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs. Harvard University Press.
Hornung, E. (1992). Idea into Image: Essays on Ancient Egyptian Thought. Princeton University Press.
Gnosticism:
Turner, J. D. (2001). Sethian Gnosticism and the Platonic Tradition. Presses Universitaires de Louvain.
Jonas, H. (1958). The Gnostic Religion: The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity. Beacon Press.
Knight, C. C. (2024). Spiritual Intelligence and the Nous: Implications for Understanding the Relationship Between the Faith Traditions of the World. Christian Perspectives on Science and Technology, New Series, Vol. 3.
Phillips, R. (2023). How ‘Nous’ Became a Trojan Horse For Secularism, and Why it is So Difficult to Translate.
Notes from the Digital Underground. (2019). Early Christian Theology: Jesus, Gnosis, and Logos.
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Thank you. Many trailheads to examine.
Not a seminary student--that ship has sailed for me--but I do love to study these things. "Ideological genealogy" is something of a passion. I agree with Lewis when he said, "I imagine heaven is some sort of library..."
Thank you again.
