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Esoteric teaching in the Stromateis of Clement of Alexandria / by Andrew C. Itter.

This book takes a new approach to deciphering the nature and purpose of the Stromateis of Clement of Alexandria. It provides a concise summary of current scholarship on his method and how he applies it to the transmission of esoteric doctrines.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Itter, Andrew C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 97.
Subjects:
Clement, > of Alexandria, Saint, > approximately 150-approximately 215.
Clement, > of Alexandria, Saint, > approximately 150-approximately 215. > Stromata.
Alexandrian school, Christian.
Christianity and other religions > Gnosticism.
Gnosticism > Relations > Christianity.
Theology > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Stromata (Clement, of Alexandria, Saint)
Christianity.
Gnosticism.
Interfaith relations.
Theology > Early church.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Diagrams; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Abbreviations for Clement's Works; Note on Translations; Introduction; PART ONE METHOD; Chapter One: Teaching, Learning and Writing in Second and Third Century Alexandria; Chapter Two: The Number and Sequence of the Works; Chapter Three: Logic and Enigma; PART TWO DOCTRINE; Chapter Four: The Doctrine of Anamnesis; Chapter Five: Physiology, Cosmogony and Theology; Chapter Six: The Doctrine of Apokatastasis; Conclusion; Bibliography; Subject Index.

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