Valentinus’ Legacy and Polyphony of Voices (Routledge Studies in

Taylor & Francis

Valentinus Legacy and Polyphony of VoicesAuthor(s): Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032019352, 978-1032019352\nSynopsis\nThis book challenges the popular use of Valentinian to describe a Christian school of thought in the second century CE by analysing documents ascribed to Valentinians by early Christian Apologists, and more recently by modern scholars after the discovery of codices near Nag Hammadi in Egypt.\n\nTo this end, Ashwin-Siejkowski highlights the great diversity of views among Christian theologians associated with the label Valentinian, demonstrating their attachment to the Scriptures and Apostolic traditions as well as their dialogue with Graeco-Roman philosophies of their time. Among the various themes explored are myth and its role in early Christian theology, the familiarity of the Gospel of Truth with Alexandrian exegetical tradition, Ptolemys didactic in his letter to Fl.