Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries

This investigation aims to demonstrate how the concept of heresy emerges in the work of Justin Martyr. First published in 1985 under the title La notion d'hérésie dans la littérature grecque (IIe-IIIesiècles), it has been newly translated into English, with the addition of a new introduction surveying literature in the intervening decades.

List of contents

• Editorial Preface


• Preface to the New English Edition


• Foreword to the 1985 Edition


• Introduction


• Part I: From Justin to Irenaeus


• 1: The Birth of Heresiology


• 2: Traditions and Innovations: The Irenaean Synthesis


• 3: The Conflict of Interpretations


• Part II: Clement and Origen


• 4: Clement of Alexandria's 'Liberalism' and its Limits


• 5: Clement of Alexandria's Heresiological Account in Stromateis VII


• 6: Origenian Reflections


• Conclusion


• Appendix: The figures of the heretic in Scripture according to Origen


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Alain Le Boulluec studied at the École Normale Supérieure, Paris. He taught Greek literature at the Faculté des Lettres of Brest, 1969--70, then at the École Normale Supérieure (1970--83). In 1983 he was elected to the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Section des Sciences religieuses, and was Directeur d'études until 2006. He was also the head of the Centre d'études des religions du Livre (EPHE - CNRS) from 1990 to 1998.

David Lincicum is an Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He was previously a Departmental Lecturer and in the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford (2009--11), a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow (2011--12), and a Caird Fellow in New Testament at Mansfield College, Oxford (2012--15).

Nicholas Moore is an Academic Dean and Lecturer in New Testament, Cranmer Hall, Durham. He completed his DPhil in New Testament at Oxford, and was formerly an Assistant Curate at All Saints' Church Stranton, Hartlepool (2014--17), and an MA Director and Tutor at Cranmer Hall, Durham (2017--20).

Summary

This investigation aims to demonstrate how the concept of heresy emerges in the work of Justin Martyr. First published in 1985 under the title La notion d'hérésie dans la littérature grecque (IIe-IIIesiècles), it has been newly translated into English, with the addition of a new introduction surveying literature in the intervening decades.

Additional text

This is essential reading for anyone interested in the impact made by the Gnostic literature on our understanding of patristic-era polemics.

Product details

• Authors: Alain Le Boulluec, Alain (Directeur D''a (C)tudes Honora Le Boulluec, Alain (Directeur D''atudes Honoraire Le Boulluec, Le Boulluec Alain
• Assisted by: David Lincicum (Editor), Lincicum David (Editor), Nicholas Moore (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.08.2022
• EAN: 9780198814092
• ISBN: 978-0-19-881409-2
• No. of pages: 726
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; RELIGION / Christianity / History, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Historiography, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION / Blasphemy, Heresy & Apostasy, Christianity, History of Religion, Historiography, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Blasphemy, Heresy, Apostasy