Marcion and the Making of a Heretic: God and Scripture in the Second CenturyA comprehensive and authoritative account of the 'heretic' Marcion, this volume traces the development of the concept and language of heresy in the setting of an exploration of second-century Christian intellectual debate. Judith M. Lieu analyses accounts of Marcion by the major early Christian polemicists who shaped the idea of heresy, including Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Epiphanius of Salamis, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, and Ephraem Syrus. She examines Marcion's Gospel, Apostolikon, and Antitheses in detail and compares his principles with those of contemporary Christian and non-Christian thinkers, covering a wide range of controversial issues: the nature of God, the relation of the divine to creation, the person of Jesus, the interpretation of Scripture, the nature of salvation, and the appropriate lifestyle of adherents. In this innovative study, Marcion emerges as a distinctive, creative figure who addressed widespread concerns within second-century Christian diversity. |
Contents
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Irenaeus and the shaping of a heretic | 45 |
He was not what he seemed and what he was he falsified flesh | 81 |
Theology and exegesis against Marcion | 139 |
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Marcions Gospel | 183 |
God | 323 |
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Clement of Alexandria | 367 |
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Origen | 380 |
Community structures | 395 |
Marcion and the making of the heretic | 433 |
Beginning | 213 |
Jesus | 221 |
The Law of the Creator | 227 |
Marcions Gospel strategy | 233 |
Marcions other writings | 270 |
Marcion in his secondcentury context | 293 |
Bibliography | 441 |
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