The Status of Women and Gnosticism in Irenaeus and Tertullian

The Status of Women and Gnosticism in Irenaeus and Tertullian PDF Author: Daniel L. Hoffman
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
ISBN: 9780773489967
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 239

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Book Description
This study explores each facet of Elaine Pagels' theory regarding a positive correlation between the active female deities of Gnostic cosmologies and the actual status of women in Gnostic groups in the 2nd and early-3rd centuries.