Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 380 g
Exploring an Early Christian Identity
Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 380 g
ISBN: 978-1-032-58749-3
Verlag: Routledge
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 provides basic data on the date, genre, and provenance of the Naassene discourse as summarized by the author of the Refutation (or Refutator). It also offers an analysis of the Refutator’s sources and working methods, an analysis which allows for a full reconstruction of the original Naassene discourse. The book then turns to major aspects of Naassene Christianity: its intense engagement with Hellenic myth and “mysteries,” its biblical sources, its cosmopolitan hermeneutics, its snake symbology, as well as its distinctive approach to baptism, hymns, and celibacy. A concluding chapter outlines all we can securely reconstruct about the Naassene Christian movement in terms of its social identity and place in the larger field of early Christianity and ancient Mediterranean religions more broadly.
The Naassenes: Exploring an Early Christian Identity is suitable for students, scholars, and general readers interested in Early Christianity, Gnostic and Nag Hammadi Studies, Classics, and Ancient Philosophy, as well as hermeneutical issues like allegory and intertextuality.
Zielgruppe
General, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Gnosis, Gnostizismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction: Uncovering a Mysterious Manuscript; 1. Translation of the Naassene Report; 2. A Method to the Madness; 3. A Reconstruction of the Original Discourse; 4. God and Humanity; 5. Jesus and Salvation; 6. Jesus as Attis; 7. The Truth of Hellenic Mythology; 8. The Preacher’s Library; 9. How to Read Like a Naassene; 10. The Symbol of the Snake; 11. Going to Church with the Naassenes; 12. The Hymns They Sung; 13. How to Walk Like a Naassene; Conclusion: A Profile of the Preacher and His Group.