5 The mythological system of Irenaeus, Haer. 1.29

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Table of Contents XIII
4. 1 Is it still possible to speak about “Gnosticism”? 1
5. 2 Reconstructing coherence 5
6. 3 Valentinus and “the Gnostic sect” 6
7. 4 Irenaeus, Haer. 1.29 and the Apocryphon of John 10
8. 5 The mythological system of Irenaeus, Haer. 1.29 13
9. 6 The protologies of Haer. 1.29 and 1.30 compared 18
10. 7 The Valentinian reception of Gnostic protology 21
11. 8 The underlying logic of Gnostic protology 26
12. 9 Conclusion 34
13. Bibliography 37