Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes: Three Early Christian Teachers of Alexandria and Rome

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M. David Litwa

Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes

Three Early Christian Teachers of Alexandria and Rome

M. David Litwa

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Routledge
24 June 2022

Classical history & classical civilisation; Church history; Eclectic & esoteric religions & belief systems; Gnosticism

Series: Routledge Studies in the Early Christian World

Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes is the definitive study of the early Christian theologian Carpocrates, his son Epiphanes, and the leader of the Carpocratian movement in Rome, Marcellina.

It contains the first full-length study of and commentary on the fragments of Epiphanes, the earliest reports on Carpocrates and Marcellina, as well as the Epistle to Theodore (containing the so-called Secret Gospel of Mark). Readers also encounter an up-to-date history of research on the Carpocratian movement, and three full profiles of all we can know from the earliest Carpocratian leaders. Written in an accessible style, but based on the most careful historical and linguistic research, this volume is a landmark, helping to redefine the field of early Christian history.

Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes is a welcome addition to the libraries of all students of early Christian theology, researchers investigating early Christian diversity, and scholars of Gnostic, Nag Hammadi and related materials.

By: M. David Litwa
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032285351
ISBN 10: 1032285354
Series: Routledge Studies in the Early Christian World
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 24 June 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

M. David Litwa is Research Fellow in Biblical and Early Christian Studies at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. Litwa is the author of many books, most recently Posthuman Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Thought, The Evil Creator: Origins of an Early Christian Idea, and Found Christianities: Remaking the World of the Second Century.

Reviews for Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes: Three Early Christian Teachers of Alexandria and Rome

'Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes: three early Christian teachers of Alexandria and Rome' impressively documents the diversity of Christian schools in the 2nd century... Reconstructing the characters and their theology and thinking from heresiological treatises written many years after the events is a difficult matter. I would at least argue that various interpretations are possible - Litwa has presented a quite convincing one. - Bryn Mawr Classical Review