Article: The Gnostic Concept of Authority and the Nag Hammadi Documents

WAYNE SEELYE FLORY, The Gnostic Concept of Authority and the Nag Hammadi Documents (Mellen Biblical Press Series 33; Lewiston/Queenston/Lampeter: Mellen, 1995). Pp. [vi] + ii + 176. $79.95.

The work of Elaine Pagels has proven very stimulating in early Christian studies. Whether scholars agree or disagree with her ideas, they react in print, particularly in the Mellen Press series. Daniel Hoffman (The Status of Women and Gnosticism in Irenaeus and Tertullian [Studies in Women and Religion 36; Lewiston/Queenston/ Lampeter: Mellen, 1995]) examined Pagels's views on the role of women in the early church; now, Wayne Flory seeks to demonstrate that the gnostic concept of authority was the ...

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