The panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis. / Book I, : (Sects 1-46) / / translated by Frank Williams.

• Superior document: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, Volume 63
• Author: Epiphanius, Saint, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, approximately 310-403.
• TeilnehmendeR: Williams, Frank (Specialist in early Christian texts),
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2009.; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: Second edition, revised and expanded.
• Language: English
• Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; Volume 63.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (446 p.)
• Notes: Includes indexes.
• Other title: Panarion.; Preliminary Material /; Letter Of Acacius And Paul /; Proem I /; Anacephalaeosis I /; Anacephalaeosis II /; Anacephalaeosis III /; Corrected Passages /; Index Of References /; Subject Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1282602713; 9786612602719; 9047441982
• ISSN: 0929-2470
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: translated by Frank Williams.

Epiphanius, monastic founder and bishop of Salamis on Cyprus for almost 40 years of the fourth century, threw heart and soul into the controversies of the time and produced the \'Panarion\' or \'Medicine Chest\', an historical encyclopedia of sects and heresies and their refutations. Book I, concerned chiefly with Gnostic and Jewish Christian groups, deals with material which is also found in Nag Hammadi and other Gnostic writings and in such patristic authors as Irenaeus, Hippolytus et al, and reproduces documents not available elsewhere. Its translation has been found useful by students of Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism, patrologists, historians of religion, church historians, students of Judaism, and the theologically minded public.