Abraxas

بقلم Martin Krause

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المواضيع: الأدب الأبوكريفي والغنوصي
المؤلف: Martin Krause
الصفحات المطبوعة: 14b
الأصل: موسوعة كليرمونت القبطية

abraxas, also documented as Abrasax, a word with the numerical value of 365 (α = 1, β = 2, ρ = 100, ξ = 60, σ = 200) (see alphabet in coptic, greek and mysteries of greek letters), which corresponds to the number of the days in a year. The name Abraxas designates a god who, in the Gnosis of Basilides, is the lord of the supernatural world (see gnosticism). In addition, Abraxas appears in magical papyri and on amulets (See

magical objects).

(See also: basilides; gnosis; magic.)

المراجع

Dornseiff, F. Das Alphabet in Mystik und Magie, 2nd ed. Leipzig and Berlin, 1925. Nilsson, M. P. Geschichte der griechischen Religion, Vol. 2, p. 617. Munich, 1961. MARTIN KRAUSE

طريقة الاستشهاد

Krause, Martin. “Abraxas,” in Aziz S. Atiya, ed. The Coptic Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 14b. New York: Macmillan, 1991. Online at Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia: https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cce/id/30/.