Tite, Philip L.,  1969- <br/><br/>
Valentinian ethics and paraenetic discourse  determining the social function of moral exhortation in Valentinian Christianity /  [electronic resource] : 
by Philip L. Tite. 
 - Leiden ;  Boston :  Brill,  2009. 
 - xiv, 368 p. 
 - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ;  v. 67 .
 - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ;  67. .
<br/><br/> Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--McGill University, 2005. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Constructing social identity through discourse : a socio-rhetorical approach for the study of Valentinian paraenesis -- Defining paraenesis I : historical phases within the academic study of paraenesis -- Defining paraenesis II : towards a functional understanding of paraenesis -- Literary aspects of paraenesis : indicators of moral exhortation from the Greco-Roman world within Valentinianism -- Two schools and the call to reconciliation : literary and social aspects of moral exhortation in the Interpretation of knowledge -- Existing in error : literary and social aspects of moral exhortation in the Gospel of truth -- Conclusion. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Valentinians.<br/>Christian moral exhortation.<br/>Christian ethics.<br/>Moral exhortation.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BT1475  / .T58 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>273/.1