Valentinian ethics and paraenetic discourse determining the social function of moral exhortation in Valentinian Christianity - Tite, Philip L., 1969-; ebrary, Inc. (Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009)
Introduction -- Constructing social identity through discourse : a socio-rhetorical approach for the study of Valentinian paraenesis -- Defining paraenesis I : historical phases within the academic study of paraenesis -- Defining paraenesis II : towards a functional understanding of paraenesis -- Literary aspects of paraenesis : indicators of moral exhortation from the Greco-Roman world within Valentinianism -- Two schools and the call to reconciliation : literary and social aspects of moral exhortation in the Interpretation of knowledge -- Existing in error : literary and social aspects of moral exhortation in the Gospel of truth -- Conclusion.
Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--McGill University, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Valentinians; Christian moral exhortation; Christian ethics; Moral exhortation; Electronic books