35. David Brakke, "Canon Formation and Social Conflict in Fourth-Century Egypt"

35. David Brakke, "Canon Formation and Social Conflict in Fourth-Century Egypt"

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What is a scriptural canon for? A discussion of David Brakke's "Canon Formation and Social Conflict in Fourth-Century Egypt: Athanasius of Alexandria's Thirty-Ninth Festal Letter."

David Brakke, "Canon Formation and Social Conflict in Fourth-Century Egypt: Athanasius of Alexandria's Thirty-Ninth Festal Letter" Harvard Theological Review 87.4 (1994): 395-419.

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29. Michael Williams, Rethinking Gnosticism

29. Michael Williams, Rethinking Gnosticism


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What is "Gnosticism"? A discussion of Michael Williams' Rethinking Gnosticism along with scholarship by Karen King, Christoph Markschies, and David Brakke.

Michael Williams, Rethinking "Gnosticism" An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1999).

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