Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism, and Early Christianity: Fourteen Leading Scholars Discuss the Current Issues in Gnostic Studies

Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism, and Early Christianity: Fourteen Leading Scholars Discuss the Current Issues in Gnostic Studies

Gnostic literature -- Relation to the New Testament -- Congresses
Gnosticism -- Congresses
Christianity -- Origin -- Congresses
Christianity and other religions -- Roman -- Congresses
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Congresses
Rome -- Religion -- Congresses
Nag Hammadi codices -- Congresses
Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses

Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers

edited by Charles W. Hedrick and Robert Hodgson, Jr.

The problem of "Jewish Gnostic" literature / Birger A. Pearson -- The riddle of the thunder (NHC VI, 2) : the function of paradox in a gnostic text from Nag Hammadi / Bentley Layton -- Sethian gnosticism : a literary history / John D. Turner -- Gnosticism and the church of John's Gospel / George W. MacRae -- Gnostic sayings and controversy traditions in John 8:12-59 / Helmut Koester -- The function and background of the beloved disciple in the Gospel of John / Hans-Martin Schenke -- On bridging the gulf from Q to the Gospel of Thomas (or vice versa) / James M. Robinson -- The use of early Christian literature as evidence for inner diversity and conflict / Frederik Wisse -- Gnostic and orthodox disciples in the second and third centuries / Douglas M. Parrott -- Ordering the cosmos : Irenaeus and the gnostics / Pheme Perkins -- The gospel of truth as an exoteric text / Harold W. Attridge -- Exegesis and exposition of the Genesis creation accounts in selected texts from Nag Hammadi / Elaine H. Pagels -- With Walter Bauer on the Tigris : Encratite orthodoxy and Libertine heresy in Syro-Mesopotamian Christianity / Stephen Gero.

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