What is Gnosticism?
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Title
What is Gnosticism?
Subject
Harnack, Adolf von, 1851-1930
Gnosticism
Nag Hammadi codices
Gnosticism
Nag Hammadi codices
Description
A study of gnosticism examines the various ways early Christians strove to define themselves in a pluralistic Roman society, while questioning the traditional ideas of heresy and orthodoxy that have previously influenced historians.
Creator
Karen L. King
Table Of Contents
Why is gnosticism so hard to define? -- Gnosticism as heresy -- Adolf von Harnack and the essence of Christianity -- History of religions school -- Gnosticism reconsidered -- After Nag Hammadi I, categories and origins -- After Nag Hammadi II, typology -- End of gnosticism?
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Book
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Citation
Karen L. King, “What is Gnosticism?,” Humanities Hub, accessed December 23, 2024, https://humanitieshub.sdsu.edu/omeka/items/show/1088.