Beyond gnosticism : myth, lifestyle, and society in the school of Valentinus /
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 o...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2008
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (653 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-288) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780231512596 0231512597 0231141726 9780231141727 |
| Language: | In English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
