| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Divinations: rereading late ancient religion |
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Divinations.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I. Valentinus and the Valentini -- 1. The Joyful Gospel -- 2. The Valentinian Gospel as a Scriptural Practice -- PART II. Irenaeus, Epiphanius, and the Rabbis -- 3. The Gospel of Truth According to the Christian Heresiographers -- 4. Rabbis Who Published and Perished -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Summary |
"In The Crucified Book, Anne Kreps shows how the Gospel of Truth, a second-century text associated with the Christian Platonist Valentinus, and its ideas about the nature of authoritative writing engaged with Greco-Roman culture and cohered with Jewish and Christian ideas about books in antiquity"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Valentinus, active 2nd century.
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| SUBJECT |
Valentinus, active 2nd century fast |
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Gospel of truth -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Gospel of truth fast |
| Subject |
Valentinians.
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Sacred books -- History and criticism
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Books -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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RELIGION -- Gnosticism.
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Books -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Church history -- Primitive and early church
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Sacred books
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Valentinians
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780812298482 |
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0812298489 |
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