Chapter The Fruit of the Tree of Life Ritual Interpretation of the Crucifixion in the Gospel of Philip

• Main Author: Lundhaug, Hugo (auth)
• Other Authors: Howe, Bonnie (Editor), Green, Joel B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2014
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; Old Testaments; New Testaments; Cognitive linguistics; biblical studies; biblical interpretation
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

The Gospel of Philip, preserved only in Nag Hammadi Codex II,1 has proven to be a difficult text for its modern interpreters. In addition to its numerous lacunae, scholars have consistently been frustrated by its seemingly haphazard structure and highly allusive rhetoric, leading some to regard it a...