TY - BOOK ID - 17141325 TI - Valentinian ethics and paraenetic discourse : determining the social function of moral exhortation in Valentinian Christianity PY - 2009 VL - 67 SN - 9789004175075 9004175075 9786612603204 9047428528 1282603205 9789047428527 9781282603202 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Valentinians KW - Christian moral exhortation KW - Christian ethics KW - Moral exhortation KW - Valentinians. KW - Christian moral exhortation. KW - Christian ethics. KW - Moral exhortation. KW - 273.15 KW - 273.15 Valentinianisme KW - Valentinianisme KW - Diatribe (Rhetoric) KW - Exhortation, Moral KW - Paraenesis KW - Protrepsis KW - Psychagogy KW - Moral education KW - Ethical theology KW - Moral theology KW - Theology, Ethical KW - Theology, Moral KW - Christian life KW - Christian philosophy KW - Religious ethics KW - Christian paraenesis KW - Gnosticism KW - Christian heresies KW - History KW - Valentiniens KW - Exhortation morale chrétienne KW - Morale chrétienne UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17141325 AB - Offering a fresh assessment of the presence and function of paraenesis within Valentinianism, this book places Valentinian moral exhortation within the context of early Christian moral discourse. Like other early Christians, Valentinians were not only interested in ethics, but used moral exhortation to discursively shape social identity. Building on the increasing recognition of ethical and communal concerns reflected in the Nag Hammadi sources, this book advances the discussion by elucidating the social rhetoric within, especially, the Gospel of Truth and the Interpretation of Knowledge . The social function of paraenesis is to persuade an audience through social re-presentation. The authors of these texts discursively position their readers, and themselves, within engaging moments of narrativity. It is hoped that this study will encourage greater integration of research between those working on the Nag Hammadi material and those studying early Christian paraenetic discourse. ER -