Valentinian ethics and paraenetic discourse : determining the social function of moral exhortation in Valentinian Christianity / / by Philip L. Tite.

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Superior document:Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; v. 67
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 67.
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Physical Description:xiv, 368 p.
Notes:Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--McGill University, 2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Constructing social identity through discourse : a socio-rhetorical approach for the study of Valentinian paraenesis
  • Defining paraenesis I : historical phases within the academic study of paraenesis
  • Defining paraenesis II : towards a functional understanding of paraenesis
  • Literary aspects of paraenesis : indicators of moral exhortation from the Greco-Roman world within Valentinianism
  • Two schools and the call to reconciliation : literary and social aspects of moral exhortation in the Interpretation of knowledge
  • Existing in error : literary and social aspects of moral exhortation in the Gospel of truth
  • Conclusion.