SKELMANTHORPE LIONEL WICKHAM The spiritual seed. few decades Einar Thomassen has emerged as one of the most prominent scholars on Valentinian. Results 1 – 18 of 18 The Spiritual Seed: The Church of the “Valentinians” [Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, Vol. 60] by Thomassen, Einar and a great. The Spiritual Seed – The Church of the ‘Valentinians’ by Einar Thomassen, , available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide.
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The result is a misbalanced treatment of the sources and issues. I was also surprised to see that many scholars were ignored in this book, typically those who advocate discussions of ethics, social dynamics or genre analysis, all of which are unimportant spirithal Thomassen. My criticisms aside, this book is an important contribution and will certainly shape the debates over this Christian movement for at least the next decade. My library Help Advanced Book Search.
The closest we get to an historical or social appreciation of Valentinianism is with Valentinian initiation and the relationship of Valentinus to various Valentinian teachers. VI 10 Provisional conclusions 11 Eastern soteriologies: Log In Sign Up. His publications include Le Traite Tripartite and numerous articles and books about Gnosticism and ancient religions generally. Turner, University of Nebraska at Lincoln show more.
It is the first attempt to make full use of the Valentinian documents from Nag Hammadi as well as spiitual reports of the Church Fathers.
It also analyses the ideas about the incarnation, protological theories, and initiation practice, as well as the dynamic relationship between these building-blocks of Valentinian doctrine. Account Options Sign in. The Treatise on the Resurrection 12 Eastern soteriologies: Newcomers to the study of Valentinianism will profit from the book’s clear introduction to the important questions and figures, while specialists will spirittual fresh insights and seasoned judgments on nearly every page.
The Spiritual Seed – The Church of the ‘Valentinians’ (paperback)
If you had a personal account on the old platform, click here. The booka TM s usefulness lies in its attempt to thomawsen together for the first time all the sources so as to construct a coherent picture of Valentinian Christianity. One searches in vain for a preliminary delimitation of a corpus of Valentinian sources.
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The Spiritual Seed – The Church of the ‘Valentinians’ (paperback)
Its 32 chapters contain an exhaustive and careful analysis of all extant Valentinian literature from the Nag Hammadi library, the commentaries of Heracleon, Theodotus’ Excerpts, and Ptolemy’s Letter to Flora, and all the patristic testimonies that in turn were based on nearly a score of no-longer extant texts, well as all the fragmentary but non-systematic remains thomsasen psalms, homilies and letters that can be attributed to Valentinus himself.
While it is certainly an important study, written by a leading scholar on the subject, it does not meet the perhaps excessive expec- tations that had been advanced.
Review seex “The author has a good sense of the philosophical and theological issues at stake and situates the tradition well in the intellectual world of the second century Through his close readings of the often fragmentary ancient sources, Thomassen pieces together a compelling reconstruction of the history, teachings, and rituals of this fascinating branch of the early Christian movement.
It also analyses the thomaseen about the incarnation, protological theories, and initiation practice, as well as the dynamic relationship between these building-blocks of Valentinian doctrine.
Back cover copy This book is a comprehensive study of a oeValentinianism, a the most important Gnostic Christian movement in Antiquity. Description This book is a comprehensive study of “Valentinianism,” the most important Gnostic Christian einat in Antiquity.
Check out the top books of the year on our page Best Books of Thomassen is con- vinced that after a half century of intense scholarship, we are now at a stage where a completely fresh reconstruction of Valentinianism can be, and needs to be made.
This is the one book that anyone interested in Valentinian Christianity should read.
Manichaeism and Its Legacy J. The book discusses the difference between the Eastern and the Western branches of Valentinianism, and argues that individual sources must always be understood in the context of the historical development of Valentinian doctrines. Dispatched from the UK in 2 business days When will my order arrive?
By using our website you agree to our use of cookies. It is the first attempt to make full use of the Valentinian documents from Nag Hammadi as well as the reports of the Church Fathers. Thomassen claims that the eastern systems are to be given historical priority, with the western as developments or deviations from the eastern. As the author states p. This monograph will make a major contribution to the study of early Christian life and thought.
The Spiritual Seed – The Church of the ‘Valentinians’
The book discusses the difference between the Eastern and the Western branches of Valentinianism, and argues that individual sources must always be understood in the context of the historical development of Valentinian doctrines. This monograph will make a major contribution to the study thomsasen early Christian life and thought.
Skip to main content. The Church of the “Valentinians” is by far the most important, thorough, and authoritative treatment of Valentinian Christianity in the 60 years since the publication of Francois Sagnard’s La gnose valentinienne et le temoignage de saint Irenee in The book concludes with an original portrait of Valentinus himself. Sign in to annotate.
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Newcomers to the study of Valentinianism will profit from the book’s clear introduction to the important questions and figures, while specialists will find fresh insights and seasoned judgments on nearly every page.
For a book that is being both marketed and accepted as the most comprehensive treatment of Valentinianism to date on historical and doctrinal matters, such inclusion is needed. The Church of the “Valentinians” is by far the most important, thorough, and authoritative treatment of Valentinian Christianity in the 60 years since the publication of Francois Sagnard’s La gnose valentinienne et le temoignage de saint Irenee in The Spiritual Seed is now the definitive treatment of Valentinianism and its biblical and philosophical bases, a “must have” for all scholars-and their research libraries-of ancient Gnosticism, second-century Christian history and thought, and historians of later Greek philosophy.
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Home Contact Us Help Free delivery worldwide. The Treatise on the Resurrection 12 Eastern soteriologies: In western Valentinian systems, there is a shift away from redeeming the spirituals as they are already saved by nature to a spriitual processes focused toward the salvation of the psychics.
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