TY - CHAP
T1 - Fragments of an Early 'Lost' Valentinianism: Irenaeus and the Gnostic Doctrinal Letter of Epiphanius, Panarion 31.5-6
AU - Chiapparini, Giuliano
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The relative weight that should be given to the various sources on Valentinian Gnosticism is a matter that constantly needs to be rethought. There are sources that have been largely neglected, suc as the document in Epiphanius Panarion 31.5-6, tha so-called Lehrbrief ('Doctrinal Letter'), an indipendent account of the Pleroma which several scholars have regarded as a late, even a degenerate version of the Valentinian system. This paper reintroduces this document into discussion about the early development of Valentinian doctrine, and produces arguments that it was known already by Irenaeus (165 AD), who may have used it (or a similar text) as one of his sources.
AB - The relative weight that should be given to the various sources on Valentinian Gnosticism is a matter that constantly needs to be rethought. There are sources that have been largely neglected, suc as the document in Epiphanius Panarion 31.5-6, tha so-called Lehrbrief ('Doctrinal Letter'), an indipendent account of the Pleroma which several scholars have regarded as a late, even a degenerate version of the Valentinian system. This paper reintroduces this document into discussion about the early development of Valentinian doctrine, and produces arguments that it was known already by Irenaeus (165 AD), who may have used it (or a similar text) as one of his sources.
KW - Gnosticism, Valentinianism, Early Christianity, Epiphanius of Salamina
KW - Gnosticismo, Valentinianesimo, Cristianesimo antico, Epifanio di Salamina
KW - Gnosticism, Valentinianism, Early Christianity, Epiphanius of Salamina
KW - Gnosticismo, Valentinianesimo, Cristianesimo antico, Epifanio di Salamina
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/147118
U2 - 10.1163/9789004414815_007
DO - 10.1163/9789004414815_007
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-90-04-41371-9
VL - 96
T3 - NAG HAMMADI AND MANICHAEAN STUDIES
SP - 122
EP - 142
BT - Valentinianism: New Studies
A2 - Markschies, Ch
A2 - Thomassen, E
ER -