The Tradition of the Divine Double

This chapter delves into the tradition of the divine double, discussing its obscurity and its presence in religious and philosophic thought during the third and fourth centuries. It explores various texts such as the gospel of Thomas, Plotinus, and Manicism, and their perception by normative Christianity. The chapter also touches upon the obscurity of Platonism and its relation to the history of scholarship on Plato and Platonism.