Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism, and Early ChristianityCharles W. Hedrick, Robert Hodgson "[This] book acquaints the beginner with the topic of gnosticism and early Christianity and presents to the specialist some of the new frontiers their colleagues are exploring. For the beginner there is a concise introduction to gnosticism. It covers the issues of origin, literature, leading ideas, and possible links with early Christianity. Each contributor has prepared a preface to his or her paper that points to its salient features and explains how the essay fits into the overall subject of the book." --from the Preface |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Literature BirgerA Pearson | 15 |
The Riddle of the Thunder NHC | 37 |
A Literary | 55 |
Gnosticism and the Church of Iohns | 89 |
Gnostic Sayings and Controversy | 97 |
The Function and Background of | 111 |
On Bridging the Gulf from Q to | 127 |
The Use of Early Christian Literature | 177 |
Gnosticism and the Early Church | 193 |
Irenaeus | 221 |
The Gospel of Truth as an Exoteric | 239 |
Exegesis and Exposition of | 257 |
Index of Ancient Texts | 309 |
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Allogenes Apocalypse of Adam Apocryphon of Iohn apostles Archons argument Autogenes baptismal Barbelo Bauer Beloved Disciple Biblical Bohlig Borborites Bultmann canonical Gospels Christology church Codex conflict Coptic creation definition dialogue discussion divine early Christian Epiphanius esus esus Christ Eugnostos exegesis Father figure final find first century Fourth Gospel Genesis genre Gnosis gnostic texts Gospel of Mark Gospel of ohn Gospel of Thomas Gospel of Truth Greek Haer Hedrick heresy Hypostasis identified Iesus Iewish influence Irenaeus John Koester Layton literary literature Logos Luke material Matthew Nag Hammadi Norea ohannine original orthodox parallels passages Paul’s Pearson Peter Philip Philo Pistis Sophia Platonic polemical prophetic redaction reflect revelation riddle Robinson Savior sayings of esus Schenke second century sect Seth Sethian significance Sophia of esus specific spiritual Stoic suggests Synoptic Syriac Testament Theissen theology tractate tradition translation Trimorphic Protennoia Valentinian wisdom Zostrianos