Valentinianism : : new studies / / edited by Christoph Markschies, Einar Thomassen.

• Superior document: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; Volume 96
• TeilnehmendeR: Markschies, Christoph,; Thomassen, Einar,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; Volume 96.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Includes index.

"Since Antiquity, the movement associated with Valentinus has been regarded as the most typical and the most representative exponent of "Gnosticism." Recent research has led to a new appraisal of Valentinianism as a distinct form of early Christianity that deserves to be understood in its own right. Valentinianism served as a catalyst for the development of mainstream Christian doctrine, exegesis and ritual. Its connections to contemporary forms of Platonism are being progressively uncovered. The present volume, edited by Christoph Markschies and Einar Thomassen, shows the current state of research on Valentinianism, offering contributions by leading experts about the history of the movement, contested aspects of Valentinian doctrine, and the use and interpretation of the New Testament by the Valentinians"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- Introduction / Christoph Markschies and Einar Thomassen -- Historical Issues -- The Relative Chronology of the Valentinian Systems / Einar Thomassen -- „Grande Notice“: Einige einleitende Bemerkungen zur Überlieferung des sogenannten Systems der Schüler des Ptolemaeus Gnosticus / Christoph Markschies -- Valentinianer und „Gnostiker“: Zu einer Bemerkung des Irenaeus von Lyon in Adversus haereses 1.11.1 / Herbert Schmid -- The Relationship between the Valentinian and Sethian Sophia Myth Revisited / Antti Marjanen -- Fragments of an Early “Lost” Valentinianism: Irenaeus and the Gnostic Doctrinal Letter of Epiphanius, Panarion 31.5–6 / Giuliano Chiapparini -- Flavia’s Neighborhood: Further Evidence for a Second-Century Christian Group on the Via Latina / H. Gregory Snyder -- Florinus – ein valentinianischer Gnostiker in Rom? / Niclas Förster -- Valentinian Doctrine -- Once Again, the Valentinian Expression “Saved by Nature” / Jean-Daniel Dubois -- The Ethics of Higher and Lower Levels of Salvation in the Excerpts from Theodotus and the Tripartite Tractate / Alexander Kocar -- « Tu as vu le Père, tu deviendras père » (EvPhil NHC II 61,31–32). Comment devient-on père dans l’Évangile selon Philippe ? / Louis Painchaud -- 1 Apocalypse of James and Valentinians on Martyrdom / Karen L. King -- Der Demiurg und sein Wirken: Die Deutung des Valentinianismus im Vergleich zu der des Platonismus / Barbara Aland -- Plotinus and the Gnostics: the Tripartite Tractate? / John D. Turner -- Überlegungen zum Mythos im Johannesevangelium und bei den Valentinianern des Irenaeus / Ansgar Wucherpfennig -- Valentinian Exegesis -- Valentinians and the Christian Canon / Pheme Perkins -- Valentinian Influence on Irenaeus: Early Allegorization of the New Testament / David W. Jorgensen -- Valentinians Reading John / Harold W. Attridge -- Paul and Valentinian Morality / Ismo O. Dunderberg -- Participation in the Cross of Christ: Pauline Motifs in the Excerpts from Theodotus / Judith L. Kovacs -- Back Matter -- Index of Authors -- Index of Sources.