David Brakke
Autor de The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity
Sobre El Autor
David Brakke is Joe R. Engle Chair in the History of Christianity and Professor of History, Ohio State University.
Obras de David Brakke
Selected Discourses of Shenoute the Great: Community, Theology, and Social Conflict in Late Antique Egypt (2015) 9 copias
The Gospel of Judas: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries) (2022) 8 copias
The Festal Letters of Athanasius of Alexandria, with the Festal Index and the Historia Acephala (Translated Texts for… (2022) 2 copias
Evagrius of Pontus Talking Back — Traductor — 2 copias
Beyond reception : mutual influences between antique religion, Judaism, and early Christianity (2006) 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Reading in Christian communities : essays on interpretation in the early church (2002) — Editor, algunas ediciones — 36 copias
The Cultural Turn in Late Ancient Studies: Gender, Asceticism, and Historiography (2005) — Contribuidor — 24 copias
From Temple to Church: Destruction and Renewal of Local Cultic Topography in Late Antiquity (2008) — Contribuidor — 12 copias
A Companion to Late Antique Literature (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World) (2018) — Contribuidor — 8 copias
Mystery and Secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and Other Ancient Literature. Ideas and Practices (2011) — Contribuidor — 4 copias
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- Brakke, David Bernhard
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- 1961-05-10
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Who were the Gnostics? And how did the Gnostic movement influence the development of Christianity in antiquity? Is it true that the Church rejected Gnosticism? This book offers an illuminating discussion of recent scholarly debates over the concept of “Gnosticism” and the nature of early Christian diversity. Acknowledging that the category “Gnosticism” is flawed and must be reformed, David Brakke argues for a more careful approach to gathering evidence for the ancient Christian movement known as the Gnostic school of thought. He shows how Gnostic myth and ritual addressed basic human concerns about alienation and meaning, offered a message of salvation in Jesus, and provided a way for people to regain knowledge of God, the ultimate source of their being.
Rather than depicting the Gnostics as heretics or as the losers in the fight to define Christianity, Brakke argues that the Gnostics participated in an ongoing reinvention of Christianity, in which other Christians not only rejected their ideas but also adapted and transformed them. This book will challenge scholars to think in news ways, but it also provides an accessible introduction to the Gnostics and their fellow early Christians.
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