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...
| Published in: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
[2023]
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| In: |
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies (volume 106)
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| Series/Journal: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies
volume 106 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gnosis
/ Literature
/ Reception
/ Irenaeus, Lugdunensis 140-202, Adversus haereses
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| Further subjects: | B
Irenaeus Saint, Bishop of Lyon
B Gnosticism |
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Table of Contents Blurb Literaturverzeichnis |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Thomassen, Einar: Before Valentinus. - Leiden : Brill, [2023]. - 9789004677890 |
| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004677887 |