Valentinian ethics and paraenetic discourse: determining the social function of moral exhortation in Valentinian Christianity
Introduction -- Constructing social identity through discourse : a socio-rhetorical approach for the study of Valentinian paraenesis -- Defining paraenesis I : historical phases within the academic study of paraenesis -- Defining paraenesis II : towards a functional understanding of paraenesis -- Li...
| Published in: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden [u.a.]
Brill
2009
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| In: |
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies (67)
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| Series/Journal: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies
67 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Valentinians
/ Paraenesis
/ Social function
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| Further subjects: | B
Moral exhortation
B Valentinians B Christian moral exhortation B Christian Ethics |
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| Summary: | Introduction -- Constructing social identity through discourse : a socio-rhetorical approach for the study of Valentinian paraenesis -- Defining paraenesis I : historical phases within the academic study of paraenesis -- Defining paraenesis II : towards a functional understanding of paraenesis -- Literary aspects of paraenesis : indicators of moral exhortation from the Greco-Roman world within Valentinianism -- Two schools and the call to reconciliation : literary and social aspects of moral exhortation in the Interpretation of knowledge -- Existing in error : literary and social aspects of moral exhortation in the Gospel of truth -- Conclusion |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index |
| ISBN: | 9004175075 |