The ethics of the Tripartite tractate (NHC I, 5) a study of determinism and early Christian philosophy of ethics
"In The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5) Paul Linjamaa offers the first full length thematical monograph on the longest Valentinian text extant today. By investigating the ethics of The Tripartite Tractate, this study offers in-depth exploration of the text's ontology, epistemo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden
Brill
[2019], 2019
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| Series: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "In The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5) Paul Linjamaa offers the first full length thematical monograph on the longest Valentinian text extant today. By investigating the ethics of The Tripartite Tractate, this study offers in-depth exploration of the text's ontology, epistemology, theory of will, and passions, as well as the anthropology and social setting of the text. Valentinians have often been associated with determinism, which has been presented as "Gnostic" and then not taken seriously, or disregarded as an invention of ancient intra-Christian polemics. Linjamaa challenges this conception and presents insights into how early Christian determinism actually worked, and how it effectively sustained viable and functioning ethics"-- |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Lunds universitet, 2018 titled Early Christian determinism : a study of the ethics of the Tripartite tractate |
| Physical Description: | vii, 236 pages |
| ISBN: | 9789004407756 |