TY - BOOK AU - Tite,Philip L. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Valentinian ethics and paraenetic discourse: determining the social function of moral exhortation in Valentinian Christianity T2 - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies AV - BT1475 .T58 2009eb U1 - 273/.1 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Valentinians KW - Christian moral exhortation KW - Christian ethics KW - Moral exhortation KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--McGill University, 2005; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10372673 ER -