| Description |
1 online resource (653 pages) |
| Contents |
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, power, 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 |
| Summary |
Valentinus was a popular, influential, and controversial early Christian teacher. His school flourished in the second and third centuries C.E. Yet because his followers ascribed the creation of the visible world not to a supreme God but to an inferior and ignorant Creator-God, they were from early on accused of heresy, and rumors were spread of their immorality and sorcery. Beyond Gnosticism suggests that scholars approach Valentinians as an early Christian group rather than as a representative of ancient ""Gnosticism""--A term notoriously difficult to define |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-288) and indexes |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Valentinus, active 2nd century.
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| SUBJECT |
Valentinus, active 2nd century fast |
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Valentinians.
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Gnosticism.
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Gnosticism.
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RELIGION / Gnosticism.
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Gnosticism
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Valentinians
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007037911 |
| ISBN |
9780231512596 |
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0231512597 |
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0231141726 |
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9780231141727 |
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