The Secret Revelation of John by Karen L KING (PDF)

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Karen L. King offers an illuminating reading of this ancient text, said to be Christ’s revelation to his disciple John. In her analysis, the Revelation becomes a comprehensible religious vision–and a window on the religious culture of the Roman Empire. A translation of the complete Secret Revelation of John is included.

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⭐I wish I had read this a long time ago, and that it were more widely known and discussed. It enhances and supplements what we are taught and what I have read.

⭐Karen King is a scholar and her writings are very lucid and deeply researched.Excellent book on the Gnostic Book of John

⭐perfect

⭐This book should be considered a great embarrassment to the Harvard University press. The print is so light on most pages as to make the text almost unintelligible, and the print extends so far into the binding that the reader has to force the book open in order to be able to read it. Had I known this, I never would have bought the book.

⭐I found the book difficult to read and follow. I was unable to get “into” the book. I stopped reading it. I am very disappointed in it. GARTH Korfanta

⭐Dr. King really delves into The Apocryphon of John, provides a detailed analysis among the four different versions, and adds extremely astute commentary throughout. This book is highly recommended and represents the foundation of the Johannine School, along of course with The Gospel of John. I’d add that Trimorphic Protennoia is Part III of John’s Gospel, as Dr. Logan — and Dr. King (indirectly) — supports. In my opinion, Sethianism is one-in-the-same with the creed of the Johannine secessionists, at least as regards the Barbeloites. I have little time for the Sethites, who other scholars such as Turner rely upon. Dr. Karen King, as well as Logan, defines the movement.

⭐The Apocryphon of John was undoubtedly an important book amongst those of a gnostic persuasion, indicated by the fact that there are no less than four surviving manuscripts in various versions, three of these being in the

⭐Nag Hammadi library

⭐alone. It encapsulates many of the ideas of gnostic thought in the one work, and so is certainly worthy of study on its own as a window into gnosticism.Early on whilst reading this I was a little concerned that King might descend into the usual

⭐Irenaeus

⭐-bashing which scholars seem to feel obliged to indulge in. However she thankfully allows the Apocryphon to stand on its own feet as a work with its own merits, rather than purely in relation to orthodoxy. The later section does consider the origins of the ideas in the work via Judaism and Hellenistic thought, but still avoids falling into the trap of analysing it purely in opposition to apostolic Christianity.In the conclusion, King adduces the work of Williams in his

⭐Rethinking “Gnosticism”

⭐, and notes his analysis of gnosticism in terms of “protest exegesis or hermeneutical problem-solving”, “parasites or innovators”, “anti-cosmic world-rejection or sociocultural accommodation”, “hatred of the body or perfection of the human” and “deterministic elitism or inclusive theories of conversion”. Williams, of course, flatly disagrees with anything and everything Irenaeus and the heresiologists might say, and chooses the latter option in each of these opposites. King however notes that the Apocryphon of John “can actually fit all of these alternatives”, and “the fact is that none of these alternatives – positive or negative – describes the text very well”.Furthermore she states that “what I have tried to do in this volume is to try to set these typological categories to the side and show some of the ways in which The Secret Revelation of John can be read – as a story, as social critique, and as intertextual hermeneutics”. This is certainly a valuable contribution to our understanding of gnosticism, and fully recommended to anyone interested in this area.One note about the printing: the text goes right into the centrefold requiring the book to be bent right open while reading, which is a major annoyance as well as shortening the life of the book. Very poor.

⭐fine work of scholarship. most efficient service

⭐The book itself is great.The print quality is sub-par, however. My copy had many pages with light grey text.

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