Beyond gnosticism myth, lifestyle, and society in the school of Valentinus / Ismo Dunderberg.

Author/creator Dunderberg, Ismo
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press,
Descriptionxiv, 307 p. ; 24 cm.
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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, society, 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-288) and indexes.
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LCCN 2007037911
ISBN9780231141727 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780231512596 (e-book)

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