Valentinian ethics and paraenetic discourse : determining the social function of moral exhortation in Valentinian Christianity / / by Philip L. Tite.
Offering a fresh assessment of the presence and function of paraenesis within Valentinianism, this book places Valentinian moral exhortation within the context of early Christian moral discourse. Like other early Christians, Valentinians were not only interested in ethics, but used moral exhortation...
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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 ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 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.