Valentinianism: New Studies (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, 96)

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Valentinianism: New Studies offers fresh contributions by leading experts on the history of the Valentinian “Gnostic” church, on contested aspects of Valentinian doctrine, and on the use and interpretation of the New Testament by the Valentinians. Valentinianism: New Studies Contents List of Figures and Tables Contributors Introduction PART 1: Historical Issues 1. The Relative Chronology of the Valentinian Systems 2. „Grande Notice“: Einige einleitende Bemerkungen zur Überlieferung des sogenannten Systems der Schüler des Ptolemaeus Gnosticus 3. Valentinianer und „Gnostiker“: Zu einer Bemerkung des Irenaeus von Lyon in Adversus haereses 1.11.1 4. The Relationship between the Valentinian and Sethian Sophia MythRevisited 5. Fragments of an Early “Lost” Valentinianism: Irenaeus and the GnosticDoctrinal Letter of Epiphanius, Panarion 31.5–6 6. Flavia’s Neighborhood: Further Evidence for a Second-Century Christian Group on the Via Latina 7. Florinus – ein valentinianischer Gnostiker in Rom? PART 2: Valentinian Doctrine 8. Once Again, the Valentinian Expression “Saved by Nature” 9. The Ethics of Higher and Lower Levels of Salvation in the Excerpts fromTheodotus and the Tripartite Tractate 10. « Tu as vu le Père, tu deviendras père » (EvPhil NHC II 61,31–32).Comment devient-on père dans l’Évangile selon Philippe ? 11. 1 Apocalypse of James and Valentinians on Martyrdom 12. Der Demiurg und sein Wirken: Die Deutung des Valentinianismus imVergleich zu der des Platonismus 13. Plotinus and the Gnostics: the Tripartite Tractate? 14. Überlegungen zum Mythos im Johannesevangelium und bei denValentinianern des Irenaeus PART 3: Valentinian Exegesis 15. Valentinians and the Christian Canon 16. Valentinian Influence on Irenaeus: Early Allegorization of the New Testament 17. Valentinians Reading John 18. Paul and Valentinian Morality 19. Participation in the Cross of Christ: Pauline Motifs in the Excerpts from Theodotus Index of Authors Index of Sources