The Gospel According to Philip: The Sources and Coherence of an Early Christian Collection (NAG HAMMADI AND MANICHAEAN STUDIES) - Hardcover

Turner, Martha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004104437 ISBN 13: 9789004104433

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 1996

Synopsis

Study of the Gospel according to Philip, an important gnostic Christian text, has been hampered by unresolved questions about the unity, genre, and sectarian contexts of the work.
This book argues that terms of self-designation, use of controversial vocabulary, style, hermeneutic strategies, and theological commitments together present persuasive evidence of derivation from multiple sectarian milieux. The document's organizing principles are found to be in accord with the excerpting and collection practices of Late Antiquity. The coherence of the text lies in its compiler's distinctive interests and choices, not in the uniformity of its materials.
The persuasive case made by this book will help to advance research on this significant document of early Christianity.

About this title

About the Author:

Martha Lee Turner, Ph.D. (1994) in Theology, studies in the Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity program at the University of Notre Dame. In 1995 she taught as Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology and in Arts and Letters Core Course at Notre Dame.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 9004104437
• ISBN 13: 9789004104433
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 283