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1 online resource (324 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-288) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The school of Valentinus after gnosticism -- Myth, lifestyle, and the world in the fragments of Valentinus -- Immortality as a way of life -- Adam's frank speech -- Cosmic sympathy and the origin of evil -- Valentinian cosmogony, lifestyle, and other Christians -- Myth and lifestyle for beginners -- Myth and the therapy of emotions -- The Creator-God and the cosmos -- Walk like a Valentinian -- Two classes of Christians in practice -- Myth, society, and non-Christians -- Myth, society, and the oppressed church -- Myth and ethnic boundaries -- Valentinian secretiveness reconsidered -- Appendix: Remarks on the sources of Irenaeus's and Hippolytus's accounts of Valentinian theology. |
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Description based on print version record. |
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Valentinus, active 2nd century.
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Valentinians.
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Gnosticism.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Dunderberg, Ismo. Beyond gnosticism : myth, lifestyle, and society in the school of Valentinus. New York : Columbia University Press, [2008] xiv, 307 pages ; 24 cm 9780231141727 (DLC)10956790 |
| ISBN |
9780231141727 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780231512596 (electronic bk.) |
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