The Passion of the Book: The Gospel of Truth as Valentinian Scriptural Practice
This paper explores the multiple references to books and writing in the second-century Gospel of Truth as a form of Valentinian scriptural practice. The text most dramatically represents this scriptural practice through the image of a crucified Jesus, wrapped in a book, reading aloud from his heart...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
[2016]
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Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 311-335 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gospel of Truth
/ Valentinianism
/ Holy books
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RelBib Classification: | BF Gnosticism |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |