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Beyond the Gnostic Gospels : studies building on the work of Elaine Pagels / edited by Eduard Iricinschi, Lance Jenott, Nicola Denzey Lewis and Philippa Townsend.

Contributor(s): Pagels, Elaine H, 1943- | Iricinschi, Eduard, 1968- | Jenott, Lance, 1980- | Denzey Lewis, Nicola, 1966- | Townsend, Philippa, 1975-
Material type: TextTextSeries: Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum: 82.Publisher: Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: x, 517 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783161528347 (pbk.); 3161528344 (pbk.)Subject(s): Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 | Christian literature, Early -- History and criticism | Pagels, Elaine H., 1943-LOC classification: BR166 | .B496 2013Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Explorations at the edges of orthodoxy: Elaine Pagels' study of the early Christian world / Philippa Townsend -- The social world of early Christians -- A Life Full of Meaning and Purpose: Demiurgical Myths and Social Implications / Michael A. Williams -- Rethinking the Diversity of Ancient Christianity: Responding to Suffering and Persecution / Karen L. King -- The Valentinian Materials in James (NHC V,3 and CT,2) / Einar Thomassen -- Creating orthodoxy and heresy -- Irenaeus, the Will of God, and Anti-Valentinian Polemics: A Closer Look at Against the Heresies I.12.1 / Geoffrey S. Smith -- Nor is one ambiguity resolved by another ambiguity: Irenaeus of Lyons and the Rhetoric of Interpretation / David W. Jorgensen -- Gnostic Spirituality at the Crossroads of Christianity: Transgressing Boundaries and Creating Orthodoxy / April D. DeConick -- Ritual and myth -- The Problem of Bad Baptisms: Unclean Spirits, Exorcism, and the Unseen in Second-Century Christian Practice / Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Baptismal Vision, Angelification, and Mystical Union in Sethian Literature / John D. Turner -- Thought, Forethought, and Afterthought in the Secret Book of John / Marvin Meyer --
Christianity in Egypt -- Begotten, Not Made, to Arise in This Flesh: The Post-Nicene Soteriology of the Gospel of Philip / Hugo Lundhaug -- Buried and Raised: Gospel of Thomas Logion 5 and Resurrection / AnneMarie Luijendijk -- The Teaching Hidden in Silence (NH II 1,4): Questions, Answers, and Secrets in a Fourth-Century Egyptian Book / Eduard Iricinschi -- Clergy, Clairvoyance, and Conflict: The Synod of Latopolis and the Problem with Pachomius' Visions / Lance Jenott -- Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Egypt / Deirdre Good -- New Testament studies -- How Far Can You Go? Jesus, John, the Synoptics and Other Texts / Ismo Dunderberg -- Plato, Plutarch, and John: Three Symposia about Love / Harold W. Attridge -- Jesus and the Tradition of the Elders: Originalism and Traditionalism in Early Judean Legal Theory / Holger M. Zellentin -- Paul the Zealot, A Man of Constant Sorrow / John G. Gager -- 6 Ezra and Apocalyptic Judaism in Asia Minor / John W. Marshall.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Explorations at the edges of orthodoxy: Elaine Pagels' study of the early Christian world / Philippa Townsend -- Part I: The social world of early Christians -- A Life Full of Meaning and Purpose: Demiurgical Myths and Social Implications / Michael A. Williams -- Rethinking the Diversity of Ancient Christianity: Responding to Suffering and Persecution / Karen L. King -- The Valentinian Materials in James (NHC V,3 and CT,2) / Einar Thomassen -- Part II: Creating orthodoxy and heresy -- Irenaeus, the Will of God, and Anti-Valentinian Polemics: A Closer Look at Against the Heresies I.12.1 / Geoffrey S. Smith -- Nor is one ambiguity resolved by another ambiguity: Irenaeus of Lyons and the Rhetoric of Interpretation / David W. Jorgensen -- Gnostic Spirituality at the Crossroads of Christianity: Transgressing Boundaries and Creating Orthodoxy / April D. DeConick -- Part III: Ritual and myth -- The Problem of Bad Baptisms: Unclean Spirits, Exorcism, and the Unseen in Second-Century Christian Practice / Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Baptismal Vision, Angelification, and Mystical Union in Sethian Literature / John D. Turner -- Thought, Forethought, and Afterthought in the Secret Book of John / Marvin Meyer --

Part IV: Christianity in Egypt -- Begotten, Not Made, to Arise in This Flesh: The Post-Nicene Soteriology of the Gospel of Philip / Hugo Lundhaug -- Buried and Raised: Gospel of Thomas Logion 5 and Resurrection / AnneMarie Luijendijk -- The Teaching Hidden in Silence (NH II 1,4): Questions, Answers, and Secrets in a Fourth-Century Egyptian Book / Eduard Iricinschi -- Clergy, Clairvoyance, and Conflict: The Synod of Latopolis and the Problem with Pachomius' Visions / Lance Jenott -- Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Egypt / Deirdre Good -- Part V: New Testament studies -- How Far Can You Go? Jesus, John, the Synoptics and Other Texts / Ismo Dunderberg -- Plato, Plutarch, and John: Three Symposia about Love / Harold W. Attridge -- Jesus and the Tradition of the Elders: Originalism and Traditionalism in Early Judean Legal Theory / Holger M. Zellentin -- Paul the Zealot, A Man of Constant Sorrow / John G. Gager -- 6 Ezra and Apocalyptic Judaism in Asia Minor / John W. Marshall.

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