Beyond gnosticism : myth, lifestyle, and society in the school of Valentinus / Ismo Dunderberg.
By: Dunderberg, Ismo [author.].
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BookPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2008]Copyright date: �2008Description: 1 online resource (324 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780231512596 (e-book).Subject(s): Valentinus, active 2nd century | Valentinians | GnosticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 273/.1 Online resources: Click to View | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-288) and indexes.
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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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