RT Book T1 Valentinian ethics and paraenetic discourse: determining the social function of moral exhortation in Valentinian Christianity T2 Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies JF Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies A1 Tite, Philip L. 1969- LA English PP Leiden u.a. PB Brill YR 2009 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/595291236 AB 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 NO Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index CN a SN 978-90-04-17507-5 K1 Valentinians K1 Christian moral exhortation K1 Christian Ethics K1 Moral exhortation