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Justin against Marcion : defining the Christian philosophy / Andrew Hayes.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Emerging scholarsDescription: 1 online resource (xxxiv, 236 pages)ISBN:
  • 9781506420400
  • 1506420400
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: JUSTIN AGAINST MARCION.DDC classification:
  • 189/.2 23
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Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Who are the "Christians"? -- 2. Reading between the lines : the conspicuousness of Marcion in the Dialogue -- 3. Case by case -- Conclusion.
Summary: In a period where Christianity was only beginning to form a definitive identity, Marcion played a remarkable and generative role. Andrew Hayes takes the measure of his impact on second-century Christianity through a close examination of the topics and structure of Justin Martyr's writings, especially the Dialogue with Trypho, demonstrating that Justin repeatedly described Christianity in a contra-Marcionite fashion. Arguing that the early part of the Dialogue is in fact a contra-Marcionite prelude to all the major themes in the rest of the piece, Hayes claims that the chief task Justin took for himself was to seize back from Marcion the terms of Christian self-definition. Marcion is thus far more important for Justin's work than the few places where he is explicitly named might suggest, and Hayes shows that these texts are far from anomalous: they reveal Justin's deeper agenda of presenting Marcion as a demonic instrument. Students of the second century, of Marcion and of Justin alike, will find much to reevaluate in these pages.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231) and indexes.

Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Who are the "Christians"? -- 2. Reading between the lines : the conspicuousness of Marcion in the Dialogue -- 3. Case by case -- Conclusion.

In a period where Christianity was only beginning to form a definitive identity, Marcion played a remarkable and generative role. Andrew Hayes takes the measure of his impact on second-century Christianity through a close examination of the topics and structure of Justin Martyr's writings, especially the Dialogue with Trypho, demonstrating that Justin repeatedly described Christianity in a contra-Marcionite fashion. Arguing that the early part of the Dialogue is in fact a contra-Marcionite prelude to all the major themes in the rest of the piece, Hayes claims that the chief task Justin took for himself was to seize back from Marcion the terms of Christian self-definition. Marcion is thus far more important for Justin's work than the few places where he is explicitly named might suggest, and Hayes shows that these texts are far from anomalous: they reveal Justin's deeper agenda of presenting Marcion as a demonic instrument. Students of the second century, of Marcion and of Justin alike, will find much to reevaluate in these pages.

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