The crucified book : sacred writing in the age of Valentinus /

"In The Crucified Book, Anne Kreps shows how the Gospel of Truth, a second-century text associated with the Christian Platonist Valentinus, and its ideas about the nature of authoritative writing engaged with Greco-Roman culture and cohered with Jewish and Christian ideas about books in antiqui...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kreps, Anne Starr (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Divinations.
Subjects:
Valentinus, > active 2nd century.
Gospel of truth > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Gospel of truth.
30-600
Valentinians.
Sacred books > History and criticism.
Books > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Valentiniens.
Livres sacrés > Histoire et critique.
Livres > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
RELIGION > Gnosticism.
Church history > Primitive and early church.
Sacred books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"In The Crucified Book, Anne Kreps shows how the Gospel of Truth, a second-century text associated with the Christian Platonist Valentinus, and its ideas about the nature of authoritative writing engaged with Greco-Roman culture and cohered with Jewish and Christian ideas about books in antiquity"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812298482
0812298489

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