The Dialogue of the Savior as a Witness to the Late Valentinian Tradition

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" The Dialogue of the Savior as a Witness to the Late Valentinian Tradition "
Pierre Létourneau

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1085241
Doc. No	:	LA128870
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157007210X503153‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Pierre Létourneau
Title & Author	:	The Dialogue of the Savior as a Witness to the Late Valentinian Tradition [Article]\ Pierre Létourneau
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Vigiliae Christianae
Date	:	2011
Volume/ Issue Number	:	65/1
Page No	:	74–98
Abstract	:	The Dialogue of the Savior is an intriguing document amalgamating sayings of the Lord, cosmological fragments and other materials from different origins. A close analysis of its major ideas shows a Valentinian origin, as M. Krause once suspected. Addressing first the issue of finding valid criteria for the identification of Valentinian documents, the article then seeks to establish the Valentinian character of the Dialogue of the Savior by comparing it to patristic and Nag Hammadi sources. Some discrepancies between this version of Valentinianism and the patristic accounts are best explained as doctrinal accommodations toward the emerging orthodoxy. The Dialogue of the Savior is an intriguing document amalgamating sayings of the Lord, cosmological fragments and other materials from different origins. A close analysis of its major ideas shows a Valentinian origin, as M. Krause once suspected. Addressing first the issue of finding valid criteria for the identification of Valentinian documents, the article then seeks to establish the Valentinian character of the Dialogue of the Savior by comparing it to patristic and Nag Hammadi sources. Some discrepancies between this version of Valentinianism and the patristic accounts are best explained as doctrinal accommodations toward the emerging orthodoxy.
Descriptor	:	cosmology
Descriptor	:	Dialogue of the Savior
Descriptor	:	Nag Hammadi
Descriptor	:	New Testament Apocrypha
Descriptor	:	nuptial chamber
Descriptor	:	soteriology
Descriptor	:	Valentinian tradition
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157007210X503153‬