The crucified book: sacred writing in the age of Valentinus
"In The Crucified Book, Anne Kreps shows how the Gospel of Truth, a second-century text associated with the Christian Platonist Valentinus, and its ideas about the nature of authoritative writing engaged with Greco-Roman culture and cohered with Jewish and Christian ideas about books in antiqui...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Philadelphia
Penn, University of Pennsylvania Press
[2022]
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Edition: | 1st edition |
| Series/Journal: | Divinations: rereading late ancient religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gospel of Truth
/ Valentinianism
/ Bible
/ Authority
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| Further subjects: | B
Gospel of Truth
Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Sacred Books History and criticism B Valentinus (active 2nd century) B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 B Valentinians B Books Religious aspects Christianity |
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| Summary: | "In The Crucified Book, Anne Kreps shows how the Gospel of Truth, a second-century text associated with the Christian Platonist Valentinus, and its ideas about the nature of authoritative writing engaged with Greco-Roman culture and cohered with Jewish and Christian ideas about books in antiquity"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 186 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 0812253876 |