Dunderberg, Ismo, <br/><br/>
Beyond gnosticism :  myth, lifestyle, and society in the school of Valentinus / 
Ismo Dunderberg. 
 - 1 online resource (324 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-288) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>The school of Valentinus after gnosticism -- Myth, lifestyle, and the world in the fragments of Valentinus -- Immortality as a way of life -- Adam's frank speech -- Cosmic sympathy and the origin of evil -- Valentinian cosmogony, lifestyle, and other Christians -- Myth and lifestyle for beginners -- Myth and the therapy of emotions -- The Creator-God and the cosmos -- Walk like a Valentinian -- Two classes of Christians in practice -- Myth, society, and non-Christians -- Myth, society, and the oppressed church -- Myth and ethnic boundaries -- Valentinian secretiveness reconsidered -- Appendix: Remarks on the sources of Irenaeus's and Hippolytus's accounts of Valentinian theology. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231512596 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Valentinus, active 2nd century. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Valentinians.<br/>Gnosticism.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BT1475  / .D86 2008eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>273/.1