Valentino Gnostico e Platonico. IL Valentinianesimo Della “Grande Notizia” Di Ireneo Di Lione: Fra Esegesi Gnostica E Filosofia Medioplatonica. By GiulianoChiapparini. Tema metafisici e problemi dei pensiero antico. Studi e‐testi, 126. Milano: Vita e pensiero, 2012. Pp. xv + 490. Paper, €32.00.
2013; Wiley; Volume: 39; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/rsr.12035_27
ISSN1748-0922
Autores Tópico(s)Historical and Religious Studies of Rome
ResumoThis book is the author's revision of his dissertation submitted to the University of Messina. Part I in four short chapters introduces the “great notice” of Irenaeus on Valentinianism (Haer. I:1–8), discussing its presentation of Valentinianism and Irenaeus’ treatment of it. Part II constitutes the largest part of the book, a synopsis of the “great notice” with parallels in Tertullian's Adversus Valentinianos. In two short chapters, he takes up the problems of the text, and presents a preface to his synopsis. Chapter 3 is a lengthy synopsis of the Greek and Latin texts with Italian translation and philological notes. Part III, in five chapters, is devoted to the structure and doctrinal content of the “great notice”: Irenaeus’ working methods, and Valentinian theology: the Pleroma; the development of Sophia and matter; the cosmos as divine degradation; revelation, ethics, and salvation. A short chapter of conclusions treats the development of Valentinianism, and Valentinus’ relation to the Gnostikoi (identified in modern scholarship as Sethians). There are also a lengthy bibliography and indices. This book is an excellent treatment of Valentinian Gnosticism.
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