The Coherence of “Gnosticism” / / Einar Thomassen.
“Gnosticism” has become a problematic category in the study of early Christianity. It obscures diversity, invites essentialist generalisations, and is a legacy of ancient heresiology. However, simply to conclude with “diversity” is unsatisfying, and new efforts to discern coherence and to synthesise...
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| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Hans-Lietzmann-Vorlesungen ,
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- 1 Is it still possible to speak about “Gnosticism”?
- 2 Reconstructing coherence
- 3 Valentinus and “the Gnostic sect”
- 4 Irenaeus, Haer. 1.29 and the Apocryphon of John
- 5 The mythological system of Irenaeus, Haer. 1.29
- 6 The protologies of Haer. 1.29 and 1.30 compared
- 7 The Valentinian reception of Gnostic protology
- 8 The underlying logic of Gnostic protology
- 9 Conclusion
- Bibliography