Before Valentinus : the Gnostics of Irenaeus /

Before Valentinus : the Gnostics of Irenaeus /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Thomassen, Einar, author.
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023] ©2023
Description:	ix, 202 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, 0929-2470 ; volume 106 Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; volume 106.
Subject:	Irenaeus, -- Saint, Bishop of Lyon. Irenaeus, -- Saint, Bishop of Lyon Gnosticism. Gnosticism
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13386837

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Gnostics of Irenaeus
ISBN:	9789004677883 9004677887 9789004677890
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:	"This book offers the first detailed commentary on the Gnostic treatises reported by Irenaeus in Adversus Haereses 1.29-30. It is argued that these texts represent the earliest tangible layer of the Gnostic literary tradition and served as sources for the Apocryphon of John and other later works. They also formed the starting point for Valentinus and his followers, who sought to reconcile the ideas of the Gnostics with apostolic Christianity. The book also shows that Irenaeus and later heresiologists referred to "the Gnostics" as a specific group among the great mass of heretics"--
Other form:	Online version: Thomassen, Einar. Before Valentinus Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023] 9789004677890

Table of Contents:

The "Gnostics" of the heresiologists
The Gnostic Treatise Of Iren. Haer. 1.30
The Gnostic Treatise Of Haer. 1.29
Trajectories in the early history of gnostic ideas
Valentinus, Valentinianism and the Gnostics.