The Thunder: Perfect Mind

Taussig, Hal; Calaway, Jared; Kotrosits, Maia; Lillie, Celene; Lasser, Justin

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“…This is a profound introduction to the novel's themes of transcendence. The passage talks about the allure of vices that last only a short time, but it revolves around an awakening where these vices are given up in favor of a spiritual ascent to a final, peaceful home (Taussig et al, 2015). It sounds like a process of purification or enlightenment in which staying away from worldly concerns leads to a higher existential state (Barnstone & Meyer, 2009).…”

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“…It suggests that to really change how we see gender, we might need to rethink our entire understanding of God and the language we use to talk about the divine. By linking gender and theology in this way, the text argues that challenging fixed ideas about gender depends on letting go of our current ways of understanding and discussing God (Taussig et al, 2015). The poem is deliberately trying to show how these ideas are connected to fixed gender roles.…”

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Beyond the Text: Comparative Analysis of Paratextual Elements in the Arabic Translations of Toni Morrison’s Paradise

Chirig,

Bouziane,

Zakhir

2024

IJLLS

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This study investigates the paratextual elements in the Arabic translations of Toni Morrison’s Paradise, focusing on the translations by Tawfiq Al-Asadi and Ali Basha. Paratextual elements, including introductions, book covers, titles, forewords, and footnotes, play a crucial role in shaping reader reception and interpretation, particularly in translated literary works. This study aims to analyze how these elements influence the reception and interpretation of the novel within the Arabic-speaking world. Through a comparison of the visual and semantic interfaces between the source text (ST) and the target texts (TTs), this research reveals how paratextual elements are adapted or transformed to suit the cultural context of the target audience. The analysis encompasses book covers, title translations, forewords, dedications, and footnotes, highlighting the impact of these elements on reader engagement and understanding. The findings suggest that the translators’ choices reflect their cultural, ideological, and gendered perspectives, influencing their interpretative strategies and the final reception of the translated text. These paratextual elements highlight literary translation's obstacles and translators' active participation in crossing cultural and linguistic boundaries.

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Beyond the Text: Comparative Analysis of Paratextual Elements in the Arabic Translations of Toni Morrison’s Paradise

Chirig,

Bouziane,

Zakhir

2024

IJLLS

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“…in the following are my own. For another translation, see Layton and Brakke 2021; see also the first edition and German translation in Krause and Labib 1971 (also an annotated German translation in Unger 1975); see also the edition and English translation in MacRae 1979 (Taussig et al 2010 is unfortunately riddled with errors in the Coptic).…”

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The Sophia of the Greeks and the Gnosis of the Barbarians

Bull

2023

Gnosis

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Most scholars currently tend to see a biblical or “Gnostic” Sophia-Eve figure as the true identity of the enigmatic feminine self-revealer pronouncing the “I am” statements in Thunder: Perfect Mind (NHC VI,2). At an early stage of research, the similarities with the aretalogies of Isis, also framed as “I am” self-predications, were pointed out, but Isis has largely been left behind as a possible identity of Thunder, because of the latter’s ambiguous status, combining both elevated and lowly epithets (whore and matron, honored and despised, etc.). The present contribution reevaluates the Egyptian background of Thunder: Perfect Mind and considers the text as a demythologized, Platonic-Stoic, performative epiphany of a self-begotten, female, divine mind, similar in many respects to the Egyptian goddess Isis-Neith. Furthermore, it will be proposed that Thunder: Perfect Mind lies behind the common source of the self-predicative passage of On the Origins of the World (NHC II,5; XIII,2) and its parallel in the Hypostasis of the Archons (NHC II,4), likely mediated by the Gospel of Eve mentioned by Epiphanius of Salamis.

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Gnosis. Die Botschaft des fremden Gottes (1958)

Cahana-Blum¹

2021

Hans Jonas-Handbuch

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The Thunder: Perfect Mind

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Beyond the Text: Comparative Analysis of Paratextual Elements in the Arabic Translations of Toni Morrison’s Paradise

Beyond the Text: Comparative Analysis of Paratextual Elements in the Arabic Translations of Toni Morrison’s Paradise

The Sophia of the Greeks and the Gnosis of the Barbarians

Gnosis. Die Botschaft des fremden Gottes (1958)

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