Simon Magus: The First Gnostic?

ISBN-13: 9783110176896 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 408 str.

Stephen Haar

Opis

This latest comprehensive work on Simon Magus lends new impetus to the investigation of Early Christianity and questions surrounding the origin and nature of Gnosticism. Major contributions of this study include: (1), a departure from the traditional exegesis of Acts 8, 5-24 (the first narrative source of Simon), and the later following reports of ancient Christian writers; (2), an overview of the literature of Graeco-Roman antiquity to determine the contribution of "magic" and "the Magoi" in the development of perceptions and descriptions of Simon; and (3), the inclusion of social science explanation models and modern estimations of "identity," in a creative approach to questions surrounding the phenomenon of Simon.

Recenzje

"Haars sorgfältige Analysen der einschlägigen Texte und die Diskussion moderner Forschungsbegriffe machen das Buch zu einem wertvollen Beitrag [...]."Jürgen Zangenberg in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 12/2005

O autorze

Dr. Stephen Haar is senior pastor of Glynde Lutheran Church, Adelaide, South Australia. This book is a revision of his Ph.D. dissertation under the supervision of Professor Michael Lattke, Department of Studies in Religion, University of Queensland, Brisbane/Australia.