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Niclas Förster

Marcus Magus

Kult, Lehre und Gemeindeleben einer valentinianischen Gnostikergruppe. Sammlung der Quellen und Kommentar

[Marcus Magus. Cult, Doctrine and the Life in the Community of a Valentinian Gnostic Group. By Niclas Förster.]

unrevised e-book edition 2019; Original edition 1999; 1999. XII, 485 pages.

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This thesis on the Valentinian gnostic Mark the Magician presents a survey of Mark's doctrine and a portrayal of the cult and the life in the community of the Markosians. In spite of the considerable number and quality of sources Mark and his adherents have been neglected in modern research. But Irenaeus' and Hippolytus' reports on this Valentinian group are very valuable since they allow us to look at the form and the sequence of the rites in the gnostic service and at the mixture of different religious and non-religious traditions that shaped Mark's teachings. Mark adapted a manifold body of thoughts and traditions in a process of transformation and merged them together in a kind of associate network. The essence of this synthesis of ideas was deeply syncretistic.
This thesis on the Valentinian gnostic Mark the Magician presents a survey of Mark's doctrine and a portrayal of the cult and the life in the community of the Markosians. In spite of the considerable number and quality of sources Mark and his adherents have been neglected in modern research. But Irenaeus' and Hippolytus' reports on this Valentinian group are very valuable since they allow us to look at the form and the sequence of the rites in the gnostic service and at the mixture of different religious and non-religious traditions that shaped Mark's teachings. Mark adapted a manifold body of thoughts and traditions in a process of transformation and merged them together in a kind of associate network. The essence of this synthesis of ideas was deeply syncretistic.
Authors/Editors

Niclas Förster Geboren 1967; Studium der Ev. Theologie und Philosophie in Göttingen und Tübingen; 1997 Promotion; Nachwuchsgruppenleiter im Emmy Noether-Programm der DFG; 2009 Habilitation; derzeit Privatdozent in Münster.

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: Religious Studies Review — Jg. 27 (2001), H.4, S. 418 (Birger A. Paerson)
In: New Testament Abstracts — Jg. 43, (1999), Nr. 3, S. 620
In: Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift — Jg.56 (2002), H.2, S. 155f (P.W.van der Horst)
In: Journal of Theological Studies — Jg. 51, (2000), Nr. 1, S. 322–324 (M.J. Edwards)
In: International Review of Biblical Studies — Vol. 45, Nr. 1651
In: Archives de Sciences Soc.des Relig. — 2000, Nr.110, S. 19 (Jean-Daniel Dubois)
In: De Stem van het Boek — Jg. 10, (1999), Nr. 3, S. 13
In: Apocrypha — 2001, H.12, S. 286f (J.-D. Dubois)
In: Laval théologique et philosophique — Jg.57 (2001) Nr.3, S. 575ff. (Paul-Hubert Poirier)
In: Evang. Theologie — Jg.47 (2002), H.1, S. 70ff (Prof. Josuttis)
In: Jahrbuch f.Antike und Christentum — Jg.43 (2000), S. 218ff. (Dr.Winrich A.Löhr)
In: Zeitschrift für Theologie und Philosophie — 2001, H. 4, S. 576f (J. Beutler)
In: Theologische Literaturzeitung — Jg.126 (2001), H.1, S.64ff. (Marco Frenschkowski)
In: Theologische Revue — Jg.99 (2003), H.3, Sp.212ff (Holger Strutwolf)
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