Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/hIsn7k Simon Magus: The First Gnostic? By: Stephen Haar Publisher: De Gruyter Print ISBN: 9783110176896, 3110176890 eText ISBN: 9783110898828, 3110898829 Edition: 1st Copyright year: 2003 Format: PDF Available from $ 210.00 USD SKU 9783110898828 This latest comprehensive work on Simon Magus lends new impetus to the investigation of Early Christianity and questions surrounding the origin and nature of Gnosticism. Major contributions of this study include: (1), a departure from the traditional exegesis of Acts 8, 5-24 (the first narrative source of Simon), and the later following reports of ancient Christian writers; (2), an overview of the literature of Graeco-Roman antiquity to determine the contribution of magic and the Magoi in the development of perceptions and descriptions of Simon; and (3), the inclusion of social science explanation models and modern estimations of identity, in a creative approach to questions surrounding the phenomenon of Simon.
