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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Charles W Hedrick , Robert Hodgson, JrPublisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers Imprint: Wipf & Stock Publishers Dimensions: Width: 18.30cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.535kg ISBN: 9781597524025ISBN 10: 1597524026 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 17 October 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsThis important collection of essays comprises the papers of the only major conference on gnosticism to focus exclusively on the relationship between gnosticism and the early church. This book has critical importance as a significant contribution to the pressing task of reconstructing an integrated, holistic, dynamic, socio-theological history of the early church free of anachronism and forced dichotomies. The fine introductory essay of Charles Hedrick makes the volume accessible to the non-specialist. . . . The book can be used both as a general introduction to the issues of gnosticism for the non-specialist and as a study volume for more advanced students and scholars. --David M. Scholer editor of 'Gnosticism in the Early Church' This important collection of essays comprises the papers of the only major conference on gnosticism to focus exclusively on the relationship between gnosticism and the early church. This book has critical importance as a significant contribution to the pressing task of reconstructing an integrated, holistic, dynamic, socio-theological history of the early church free of anachronism and forced dichotomies. The fine introductory essay of Charles Hedrick makes the volume accessible to the non-specialist. . . . The book can be used both as a general introduction to the issues of gnosticism for the non-specialist and as a study volume for more advanced students and scholars. --David M. Scholer editor of 'Gnosticism in the Early Church' Author InformationCharles W. Hedrick is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Missouri State University. Among his many publications are The Apocalypse of Adam, Many Things in Parables: Jesus and His Modern Critics, and When History and Faith Collide: Studying Jesus. He is the co-editor of Gospel of the Savior: A New Ancient Gospel; Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism, and Early Christianity; and Ancient Fiction: The Matrix of Early Christian and Jewish Narrative. Robert Hodgson Jr. is Dean of the American Bible Society Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |