Before Valentinus: the Gnostics of Irenaeus

"This book offers the first detailed commentary on the Gnostic treatises reported by Irenaeus in Adversus Haereses 1.29-30. It is argued that these texts represent the earliest tangible layer of the Gnostic literary tradition and served as sources for the Apocryphon of John and other later work...

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主要作者: Thomassen, Einar 1951- (Author)
格式: 電子 圖書
語言:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: Leiden Boston Brill [2023]
In: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies (volume 106)
Year: 2023
叢編:Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies volume 106
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 諾斯底主義 / 文學 / 接受 / Irenaeus, Lugdunensis 140-202, Adversus haereses
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Rabbinical literature Relation to the New Testament
B Christianity
B Interfaith Relations
B Irenaeus Saint, Bishop of Lyon
B Gnosticism
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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總結:"This book offers the first detailed commentary on the Gnostic treatises reported by Irenaeus in Adversus Haereses 1.29-30. It is argued that these texts represent the earliest tangible layer of the Gnostic literary tradition and served as sources for the Apocryphon of John and other later works. They also formed the starting point for Valentinus and his followers, who sought to reconcile the ideas of the Gnostics with apostolic Christianity. The book also shows that Irenaeus and later heresiologists referred to "the Gnostics" as a specific group among the great mass of heretics"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
實物描述:1 Online-Ressource (IX, 202 Seiten)
ISBN:978-90-04-67789-0
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004677890