| Description |
xiv, 368 p. |
| Series |
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; v. 67 |
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Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 67.
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| Note |
Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--McGill University, 2005. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Valentinians.
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Christian moral exhortation.
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Christian ethics.
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Moral exhortation.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9789004175075 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9004175075 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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