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The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book 1 (Sects 1-46), 2nd Ed.

By Frank Williams

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2008
ISBN
9004170170, 9789004170179
LCC
BR65.E653 P36413 2008
Open Library ID
OL17029952M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1371086 bytes)
Series
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 63
Edition
2 Rev Exp
Pages
447\447
Topic
Religion Orthodoxy
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Религиоведение;Религиоведение христианства;История

Description

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.

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