Marcion and the Making of a Heretic: God and Scripture in the Second Century

ISBN-13: 9781108434041 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 518 str.

Judith M. Lieu

Opis

This study explores Marcion's ideas through his writings and the writings of early Christian polemicists who shaped the idea of heresy.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; Part I. The Polemical Making of Marcion the Heretic: 2. The beginnings of the construction of a heretic: Justin Martyr; 3. Irenaeus and the shaping of a heretic; 4. Marcion through Tertullian's eyes; 5. The heresiological tradition; 6. Theology and exegesis against Marcion; 7. Marcion in Syriac dress; Part II. Marcion through his Scriptures: 8. Marcion as editor and interpreter I: Marcion's Gospel; 9. Marcion as editor and interpreter II: Marcion's Apostolikon; 10. Marcion's other writings; Part III. The Second-Century Shaping of Marcion: 11. Marcion in his second-century context; 12. Principles of Marcion's thought and their context I: God; 13. Principles of Marcion's thought II: the Gospel; 14. Principles of Marcion's thought III: life and practice; 15. Principles of Marcion's thought IV: the contradictions of the Gospel; 16. Afterword: Marcion and the making of a heretic.