| Description |
xxvi, 230 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-230). |
| Contents |
Foreword / Edwin M. Yamauchi -- Do new discoveries mean Christianity needs a makeover? -- Making a scorecard : the periods and players of early Christianity -- Discussion of a key alternative view : about Gnosticism and its definition -- Dating the origin of Gnosticism -- Early Christianity's diversity and historical judgments -- The claims of Walter Bauer and the roots of the new school -- The nature of God and creation : part 1 -- The nature of God and creation : part 2 -- Jesus : divine and/or human? : part 1 -- Jesus : divine and/or human? : part 2 -- The nature of humanity's redemption : spiritual or also physical? : part 1 -- The nature of humanity's redemption : spiritual or also physical? : part 2 -- Jesus' death : knowledge, sin, and salvation : part 1 -- Jesus' death : knowledge, sin, and salvation : part 2 -- The new school, the missing gospels, alternative Christianities, and orthodoxy -- List of extant texts beyond the four Gospels -- List of key texts in the Apostolic Fathers. |
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Nag Hammadi codices -- Theology.
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Gnosticism -- Relations -- Christianity.
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Christianity and other religions -- Gnosticism.
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Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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| ISBN |
0785212949 hardcover |
| Standard No. |
9780785212942 |
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