The Ethics of the Tripartite Tractate (Nhc I, 5) - A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics

In The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5), Paul Linjamaa explores the theoretical foundations and practical implications of the ethics in the longest Valentinian text extant today. As such, it is one of the first serious explorations of early Christian determinism.

About the author

Paul Linjamaa, Ph.D. (2018), is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University, Sweden. He has previously published a monograph on Valentinianism and is the author of several articles on the Nag Hammadi texts and early Christianity.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Linjamaa
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2019
• EAN: 9789004407756
• ISBN: 978-90-04-40775-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 635 g
• Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Stu
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity