Beyond gnosticism: myth, lifestyle, and society in the school of Valentinus
The school of Valentinus after gnosticism -- Myth, lifestyle, and the world in the fragments of Valentinus -- Immortality as a way of life -- Adam's frank speech -- Cosmic sympathy and the origin of evil -- Valentinian cosmogony, lifestyle, and other Christians -- Myth and lifestyle for beginne...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York, NY [u.a.]
Columbia Univ. Press
c 2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Valentinianism
/ Gnosis
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| Further subjects: | B
Valentinus 2nd cent
B Valentinus (active 2nd century) B Valentinians B Gnosticism |
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| Summary: | The school of Valentinus after gnosticism -- Myth, lifestyle, and the world in the fragments of Valentinus -- Immortality as a way of life -- Adam's frank speech -- Cosmic sympathy and the origin of evil -- Valentinian cosmogony, lifestyle, and other Christians -- Myth and lifestyle for beginners -- Myth and the therapy of emotions -- The Creator-God and the cosmos -- Walk like a Valentinian -- Two classes of Christians in practice -- Myth, society, and non-Christians -- Myth, society, and the oppressed church -- Myth and ethnic boundaries -- Valentinian secretiveness reconsidered -- Appendix: Remarks on the sources of Irenaeus's and Hippolytus's accounts of Valentinian theology |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-288) and indexes |
| Physical Description: | XIV, 307 S., 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-51259-6 978-0-231-14172-7 |
