Valentinian Christianity : texts and translations /

"Valentinus, an Egyptian Christian who traveled to Rome to teach his unique brand of theology, and his followers, the Valentinians, formed one of the largest and most influential sects of Christianity in the second and third centuries. But by the fourth century, their writings had all but disap...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Smith, Geoffrey S. (Geoffrey Stephen), 1983- (Translator), Valentinus, active 2nd century
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Subjects:
30-600
Valentinians > History > Sources.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 > Sources.
Gnostic literature.
Valentiniens > Histoire > Sources.
Littérature gnostique.
RELIGION / Ancient
Church history > Primitive and early church
Gnostic literature
Valentinians
History
Sources
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Valentinus and the Valentinian tradition
  • Valentinus' fragments
  • Ptolemy's letter to Flora
  • Heracleon's fragments
  • Excerpts of Theodotus
  • Anonymous commentary on the prologue of John
  • Anonymous letter
  • Anonymous commentary on summer harvest
  • Gospel of truth (NHC I, 3)
  • Treatise on the resurrection (NHC I, 4)
  • Tripartite tractate (NHC I, 5)
  • Gospel of Philip (NHC II, 3)
  • Valentinian exposition (NHC XI, 2)
  • Flavia Sophe.

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