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44 produkter
Desiring Divinity
Self-deification in Early Jewish and Christian Mythmaking
Inbunden, 2016
2444 kr
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Perhaps no declaration incites more theological and moral outrage than a human's claim to be divine. Those who make this claim in ancient Jewish and Christian mythology are typically represented as the most hubristic and dangerous tyrants. Their horrible punishments are predictable and still serve …
Desiring Divinity
Self-deification in Early Jewish and Christian Mythmaking
E-bok, 2016
1595 kr
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Perhaps no declaration incites more theological and moral outrage than a human''s claim to be divine. Those who make this claim in ancient Jewish and Christian mythology are typically represented as the most hubristic and dangerous tyrants. Their horrible punishments are predictable and still serve …
Desiring Divinity
Self-deification in Early Jewish and Christian Mythmaking
E-bok, 2016
1595 kr
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Perhaps no declaration incites more theological and moral outrage than a human''s claim to be divine. Those who make this claim in ancient Jewish and Christian mythology are typically represented as the most hubristic and dangerous tyrants. Their horrible punishments are predictable and still serve …
The Evil Creator
Origins of an Early Christian Idea
Inbunden, 2021
1610 kr
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This book examines the origins of the evil creator idea chiefly in light of early Christian biblical interpretations. It is divided into two parts. In Part I, the focus is on the interpretations of Exodus and John. Firstly, ancient Egyptian assimilation of the Jewish god to the evil deity …
Evil Creator
Origins of an Early Christian Idea
E-bok, 2021
972 kr
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This book examines the origins of the evil creator idea chiefly in light of early Christian biblical interpretations. It is divided into two parts. In Part I, the focus is on the interpretations of Exodus and John. Firstly, ancient Egyptian assimilation of the Jewish god to the evil deity …
Evil Creator
Origins of an Early Christian Idea
E-bok, 2021
972 kr
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This book examines the origins of the evil creator idea chiefly in light of early Christian biblical interpretations. It is divided into two parts. In Part I, the focus is on the interpretations of Exodus and John. Firstly, ancient Egyptian assimilation of the Jewish god to the evil deity …
How the Gospels Became History
Jesus and Mediterranean Myths
Inbunden, 2019
718 kr
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A compelling comparison of the gospels and Greco-Roman mythology which shows that the gospels were not perceived as myths, but as historical recordsDid the early Christians believe their myths? Like most ancient—and modern—people, early Christians made efforts to present their myths in the most …
Found Christianities
Remaking the World of the Second Century CE
Häftad, 2022
385 kr
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M. David Litwa tells the stories of the early Christians whose religious identity was either challenged or outright denied. In the second century many different groups and sects claimed to be the only Orthodox or authentic version of Christianity, and Litwa shows how those groups and figures on the …
Found Christianities
Remaking the World of the Second Century CE
Inbunden, 2022
1207 kr
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M. David Litwa tells the stories of the early Christians whose religious identity was either challenged or outright denied. In the second century many different groups and sects claimed to be the only Orthodox or authentic version of Christianity, and Litwa shows how those groups and figures on the …
Found Christianities
Remaking the World of the Second Century Ce
E-bok, 2022
421 kr
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M. David Litwa tells the stories of the early Christians whose religious identity was either challenged or outright denied. In the second century many different groups and sects claimed to be the only Orthodox or authentic version of Christianity, and Litwa shows how those groups and figures on the …
Found Christianities
Remaking the World of the Second Century Ce
E-bok, 2022
421 kr
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M. David Litwa tells the stories of the early Christians whose religious identity was either challenged or outright denied. In the second century many different groups and sects claimed to be the only Orthodox or authentic version of Christianity, and Litwa shows how those groups and figures on the …
Simon of Samaria and the Simonians
Contours of an Early Christian Movement
Inbunden, 2024
1278 kr
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Who were the Simonians? Beginning in the mid-second century CE, heresiologists depicted them as licentious followers of the first “gnostic,” a supposedly Samarian self-deifier called Simon, who was thought to practice “magic” and became known as the father of all heresies.Litwa examines the …
Simon of Samaria and the Simonians
Contours of an Early Christian Movement
E-bok, 2024
452 kr
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Who were the Simonians? Beginning in the mid-second century CE, heresiologists depicted them as licentious followers of the first “gnostic,” a supposedly Samarian self-deifier called Simon, who was thought to practice “magic” and became known as the father of all heresies. Litwa examines the …
Simon of Samaria and the Simonians
Contours of an Early Christian Movement
E-bok, 2024
452 kr
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Who were the Simonians? Beginning in the mid-second century CE, heresiologists depicted them as licentious followers of the first “gnostic,” a supposedly Samarian self-deifier called Simon, who was thought to practice “magic” and became known as the father of all heresies. Litwa examines the …
Simon of Samaria and the Simonians
Contours of an Early Christian Movement
Häftad, 2025
416 kr
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Who were the Simonians? Beginning in the mid-second century CE, heresiologists depicted them as licentious followers of the first “gnostic,” a supposedly Samarian self-deifier called Simon, who was thought to practice “magic” and became known as the father of all heresies.Litwa examines the …
Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes
Three Early Christian Teachers of Alexandria and Rome
E-bok, 2022
746 kr
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Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes is the definitive study of the early Christian theologian Carpocrates, his son Epiphanes, and the leader of the Carpocratian movement in Rome, Marcellina. It contains the first full-length study of and commentary on the fragments of Epiphanes, the earliest …
Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes
Three Early Christian Teachers of Alexandria and Rome
E-bok, 2022
762 kr
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Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes is the definitive study of the early Christian theologian Carpocrates, his son Epiphanes, and the leader of the Carpocratian movement in Rome, Marcellina. It contains the first full-length study of and commentary on the fragments of Epiphanes, the earliest …
Naassenes
Exploring an Early Christian Identity
E-bok, 2023
676 kr
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This volume offers an accessible investigation of the Naassene discourse embedded in the anonymous Refutation of All Heresies (completed about 222 CE), in order to understand the theology and ritual life of the Naassene Christian movement in the late second and early third centuries CE. The work …
Naassenes
Exploring an Early Christian Identity
E-bok, 2023
676 kr
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This volume offers an accessible investigation of the Naassene discourse embedded in the anonymous Refutation of All Heresies (completed about 222 CE), in order to understand the theology and ritual life of the Naassene Christian movement in the late second and early third centuries CE. The work …
Early Christianity in Alexandria
From its Beginnings to the Late Second Century
E-bok, 2023
1451 kr
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Early Christianity in Alexandria
From its Beginnings to the Late Second Century
E-bok, 2023
1451 kr
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Early Christianity in Alexandria
From its Beginnings to the Late Second Century
Inbunden, 2023
1465 kr
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Alexandria was the epicenter of Hellenic learning in the ancient Mediterranean world, yet little is known about how Christianity arrived and developed in the city during the late first and early second century CE. In this volume, M. David Litwa employs underused data from the Nag Hammadi codices …
The Secret Book of John
Inbunden, 2025
1400 kr
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In this volume, David Litwa offers a fresh introduction to the 'gnostic Bible,' arguably the most significant and widely read of all gnostic Christian texts ever written. Providing a fresh introduction to a particular version of the Secret Book of John, namely the shorter version that is found in …
The Secret Book of John
Häftad, 2025
411 kr
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In this volume, David Litwa offers a fresh introduction to the 'gnostic Bible,' arguably the most significant and widely read of all gnostic Christian texts ever written. Providing a fresh introduction to a particular version of the Secret Book of John, namely the shorter version that is found in …
Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes
Three Early Christian Teachers of Alexandria and Rome
Inbunden, 2022
2585 kr
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Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes is the definitive study of the early Christian theologian Carpocrates, his son Epiphanes, and the leader of the Carpocratian movement in Rome, Marcellina.It contains the first full-length study of and commentary on the fragments of Epiphanes, the earliest …
