Gnosticism and the New Testament (1993 Perkins), book

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Gnosticism and the New Testament (1993) is a book by Pheme Perkins.

Abstract

"The gnostic writings found at Nag Hammadi have stimulated much controversy about the relationship between early Christians and the diverse religious movement of the first three centuries. Perkins fills the New Testament student's need for a guide to recent developments in scholarship with a helpful survey that addresses the origins of Gnosticism, its relationship to Judaism, Redeemer myths and New Testament hymns, and other relevant topics ... In this helpful survey Pheme Perkins addresses - the origins of Gnosticism; the search for pre-Christian Gnosticism; Gnosticism and Judaism; Gnostic materials and the sayings of Jesus; Gnosis and the Pauline tradition; Redeemer myths and New Testament hymns; Gnostic understandings of Jesus as heavenly revealer; The place of women in gnostic sects."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1993.

Contents

Part One. Gnostic Origins

• 1. The search for pre-Christian Gnosticism
• 2. Gnosticism and the Jewish connection
• 3. Gnostic influence and the new testament
• 4. Reconstructing Gnostic history

Part Two. Gnostic and New Testament Traditions

• 5. Jesus as teacher of wisdom: sayings and revelation
• 6. Gnosis and the Pauline tradition
• 7. Redeemer myths and new testament hymns
• 8. Jesus as word
• 9. Discourses of the revealer

Part Three. Gnostic Christianity

• 10. Gnostic identity: conversion and asceticism
• 11. Women disciples and worshipers
• 12. Christians: Gnostic and orthodox

External links

• [ Google Books]