GNWSIS Vs EPIGNWSIS
jwest at highland.net
jwest at highland.net
Fri Sep 6 06:05:48 EDT 2002
>
> Specifically:
> 1. depending on context again, (and given the contrast with "hidden"
> knowledge in Matt 11:27) could the use of the word signal that the writer is
> countering the beliefs of the gnostics? ie one must go beyond the
> "knowledge" of the gnostics...
it is anachronistic to speak of "gnosticism" as a developed
philosophical/theological "school" as early as Matthew- hence Matthew isnt
responding to or arguing against it.
best
jim
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Jim West, ThD
Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies
Quartz Hill School of Theology
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