Dunderberg Beyond Gnosticism

Myth, Lifestyle, and Society in the School of Valentinus
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-231-51259-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Dunderberg, Ismo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Blasphemie, Ketzerei, Konversion, Abwendung von Religion
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Gnosis, Gnostizismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The School of Valentinus After Gnosticism
Part 1. Myth, Lifestyle, and the World in the Fragments of Valentinus
2. Immortality as a Way of Life
3. Adam's Frank Speech
4. Cosmic Sympathy and the Origin of Evil
Part 2. Valentinian Cosmogony, Lifestyle, and Other Christians
5. Myth and Lifestyle for Beginners
6. Myth and the Therapy of Emotions
7. The Creator-God and the Cosmos
8. Walk Like a Valentinian
9. Two Classes of Christians in Practice
Part 3. Myth, Society, and Non-Christians
10. Myth, Society, and the Oppressed Church
11. Myth and Ethnic Boundaries
Conclusion
12. Valentinian Secretiveness Reconsidered
Appendix: Remarks on the Sources of Irenaeus's and Hippolytus's Accounts of Valentinian Theology
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Subjects

Über Autor(innen)

Ismo Dunderberg is professor of New Testament at the Department of Biblical Studies, University of Helsinki. An expert in the Gospel of John, second-century early Christianity, and the Nag Hammadi Library, his most recent book is The Beloved Disciple in Conflict? Revisiting the Gospels of John and Thomas (Oxford University Press, 2006). He is also leader of the research project "Gnosticism and the Formation of Christianity," funded by the Academy of Finland.