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OverviewHow do we account for the disparate ideas, writings, and practices that have been placed under the Gnostic rubric? King’s book is both a thorough and innovative introduction to the twentieth-century study of Gnosticism and a revealing exploration of the concept of heresy as a tool in forming religious identity. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Karen L. KingPublisher: Harvard University Press Imprint: The Belknap Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9780674017627ISBN 10: 0674017625 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 30 April 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews[King's] is the pithiest and fairest overview to date of the subject. - Robert A. Segal, Times Literary Supplement What Is Gnosticism? offers an original and persuasive account of how we have come to speak of 'gnosticism,' and what various people have meant by that. Karen King's important new book transforms our understanding of the origins of Christianity. - Elaine Pagels [King's] is the pithiest and fairest overview to date of the subject. -- Robert A. Segal Times Literary Supplement 20031121 Essential reading for serious students of Christian origins. -- Deirdre Good Anglican Theological Review King's exposure of the confessional prejudices which have shaped the accounts of Gnosticism in Harnack and his successors is a valuable supplement to previous studies which have shown how our modern nomenclature fails to match the ancient sources. Where others have shown how scholarship has gone astray, she sets out to tell us why. -- Mark J. Edwards Journal of Theological Studies 20050401 [King's] volume offers a carefully considered, well-researched reflection on the state of Gnostic scholarship and a clear call for new approaches. -- Edward Moore Classical Bulletin 20060101 What is Gnosticism? offers an original and persuasive account of how we have come to speak of ""gnosticism,"" and what various people have meant by that. Karen King's important new book transforms our understanding of the origins of Christianity. -- Elaine Pagels, Princeton University [King's] is the pithiest and fairest overview to date of the subject. -- Robert A. Segal * Times Literary Supplement * Essential reading for serious students of Christian origins. -- Deirdre Good * Anglican Theological Review * King's exposure of the confessional prejudices which have shaped the accounts of Gnosticism in Harnack and his successors is a valuable supplement to previous studies which have shown how our modern nomenclature fails to match the ancient sources. Where others have shown how scholarship has gone astray, she sets out to tell us why. -- Mark J. Edwards * Journal of Theological Studies * [King's] volume offers a carefully considered, well-researched reflection on the state of Gnostic scholarship and a clear call for new approaches. -- Edward Moore * Classical Bulletin * Author InformationKaren L. King is Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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