M. David Litwa

Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes

Three Early Christian Teachers of Alexandria and Rome

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume is the definitive study of three early Carpocratian leaders, including the first full-length study and commentary on Epiphanes' fragments. With full profiles of these figures and updated research on the Carpocratian movement, this accessible book is suitable for students and scholars of early Christian theology.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in the Early Christian World
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9781032285368
• ISBN-10: 1032285362
• Artikelnr.: 69792372

Autorenporträt

M. David Litwa is Research Fellow in Biblical and Early Christian Studies at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. Litwa is the author of many books, most recently Posthuman Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Thought, The Evil Creator: Origins of an Early Christian Idea, and Found Christianities: Remaking the World of the Second Century.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Text
translation
and commentary on Epiphanes
On Justice
2. Commentary on the earliest Carpocrates reports
3. Carpocratianism in the Epistle to Theodore
Conclusion: Contextualizing Carpocrates
Epiphanes
and Marcellina: An Attempt at a Profile.

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Introduction, 1. Text, translation, and commentary on Epiphanes, On Justice, 2. Commentary on the earliest Carpocrates reports, 3. Carpocratianism in the Epistle to Theodore, Conclusion: Contextualizing Carpocrates, Epiphanes, and Marcellina: An Attempt at a Profile.

Rezensionen

"'Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes: three early Christian teachers of Alexandria and Rome' impressively documents the diversity of Christian schools in the 2nd century... Reconstructing the characters and their theology and thinking from heresiological treatises written many years after the events is a difficult matter. I would at least argue that various interpretations are possible - Litwa has presented a quite convincing one." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review

"'Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes: three early Christian teachers of Alexandria and Rome' impressively documents the diversity of Christian schools in the 2nd century... Reconstructing the characters and their theology and thinking from heresiological treatises written many years after the events is a difficult matter. I would at least argue that various interpretations are possible - Litwa has presented a quite convincing one." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review