The historical separation between Judaism and Christianity is often figured as a clearly
defined break of a single entity into two separate religions. Following this model, there would …

A distinctive Christian heresy? A competitor of burgeoning Christianity? A pre-Christian folk
religion traceable to" Oriental syncretism"? How do we account for the disparate ideas …

Philo was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who left behind one of the richest bodies of work
from antiquity, yet his personality and intellectual development have remained a riddle …

The importance of martyrdom for the spread of Christianity in the first centuries of the
Common Era is a question of enduring interest. In this innovative new study, Candida Moss …

This title was first published in 2002. Origen (AD 185-254) is regarded as one of the figures
chiefly responsible for the contamination of biblical theology with pagan philosophy in the …

Eine Fortführung und Alternative zu einer» Theologie des Neuen Testaments «Die Dynamik
des urchristlichen Glaubens ist in der Dynamik des Lebens verwurzelt. In diesem Buch zeigt …

3 Teilbande: Teil 1: Jahres-und Kollegienlisten Teil 2: Biographien (unter Mitarbeit von Anne
Glock) Teil 3: Quellenkunde und Organisationsgeschichte, Bibliographie, Register Dieses …

1. Since I have elsewhere offered a general introduction to the school of Valentinus and
since many of the teachings of this school will be discussed in the course of this study, a …

When we were asked by Routledge to edit a volume on gender and sexuality, we knew that
we wanted a set of new and forward-looking essays, not a summation of where we had …

The sensational discovery of the Nag Thammadi Coptic Library in Egypt in 1945-46 has
revolutionised the study of the origins and development of the ancient religious …