Ismo Dunderberg

Heikki Räisänen

Kari Syreeni

C. Christopher Mark Tuckett

This collection consists of 22 essays on New Testament, early Christianity, and biblical interpretation. The essays bear especially upon issues related to early Christian diversity and conflicts and to their challenge for biblical interpretation.

Fair play

While the early Christian texts discussed in this book are often treated as "gnostic" ones, they are here approached as witnesses to the views of educated Christians engaged in dialogue with philosophical traditions. Following the idea that ancient philosophical schools provided their adherents with ways of life, Ismo Dunderberg explores issues related to morality and lifestyle in non-canonical gospels and among groups that were gradually denounced as heretical in the church. He deals with the soul's progress from material concerns to a life dominated by spirit, the control of emotions, the avoidance of luxury, the ideal "perfect human" as a tool in moral instruction, classifications of humankind into distinct groups based on their moral advancement, and Christian debates about the value of martyrdom. In addition, he offers a critical review of some recent trends and attitudes in New Testament scholarship.

Gnostic Morality Revisited

Valentinus (100-160 C.E.) was an influential Gnostic opposed to the practices that would later become part of the Christian orthodoxy. This text covers Valentinus's interpretation of the biblical creation myth, in which he affirms mankind's original immortality and places a special emphasis on the 'frank speech' afforded to Adam by God.

Myth, Lifestyle, and Society in the School of Valentinus

Beyond Gnosticism

Tuckett

Essays in Honour of Heikki Räisänen

Fair Play: Diversity and Conflicts in Early Christianity:

Troels Engberg-Pedersen

Tuomas Rasimus

An international roster of scholars highlights the place of Stoic teaching in early Christian thought.

Stoicism in Early Christianity

Ulla Tervahauta

Ivan Miroshnikov

Outi Lehtipuu

Women and Knowledge in Early Christianity offers a collection of essays that deal with perceptions of wisdom, femaleness, and their interconnections in a wide range of ancient sources, including papyri, Nag Hammadi documents, heresiological accounts and monastic literature.

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