{"product_id":"the-naassenes-m-david-litwa-9781032587493","title":"The Naassenes: Exploring an Early Christian Identity","description":"This volume offers an accessible investigation of the Naassene discourse embedded in the anonymous \u003ci\u003eRefutation of All Heresies\u003c\/i\u003e (completed about 222 CE), in order to understand the theology and ritual life of the Naassene Christian movement in the late second and early third centuries CE. The work provides basic data on the date, genre, and provenance of the Naassene discourse as summarized by the author of the \u003ci\u003eRefutation \u003c\/i\u003e(or Refutator). It also offers an analysis of the Refutator's sources and working methods, an analysis which allows for a full reconstruction of the original Naassene discourse. The book then turns to major aspects of Naassene Christianity: its intense engagement with Hellenic myth and \"mysteries,\" its biblical sources, its cosmopolitan hermeneutics, its snake symbology, as well as its distinctive approach to baptism, hymns, and celibacy. A concluding chapter outlines all we can securely reconstruct about the Naassene Christian movement in terms of its social identity and place in the larger field of early Christianity and ancient Mediterranean religions more broadly. \u003ci\u003eThe Naassenes: Exploring an Early Christian Identity\u003c\/i\u003e is suitable for students, scholars, and general readers interested in Early Christianity, Gnostic and Nag Hammadi Studies, Classics, and Ancient Philosophy, as well as hermeneutical issues like allegory and intertextuality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. David Litwa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032587490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032587493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"M. David Litwa","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44584313782527,"sku":"9781032587493","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_03e65c39-4ca7-475d-9075-68c444f6c2ef.jpg?v=1701886413","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-naassenes-m-david-litwa-9781032587493","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}