Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes: Three Early Christian Teachers of Alexandria and Rome

Cover\nHalf Title\nSeries Page\nTitle Page\nCopyright Page\nDedication\nTable of Contents\nPreface\nSigla and abbreviations\nIntroduction\n	History of research\n	Methodology and roadmap\n	Notes\n	References\nChapter 1 Text, translation, and commentary on Epiphanes, On Justice\n	The manuscript tradition\n	Critical text and translation of Epiphanes, On Justice\n	Clement’s introduction to Epiphanes\n	Epiphanes excerpt 1: justice as equal sharing, a law\r both cosmic and divine\n	Excerpt 2: human laws introduce corruption\n	Text and translation\n	Excerpt 3: equality in sexual relationships\n	Excerpt 4: a criticism of the Mosaic law\n	Notes\n	References\nChapter 2 Commentary on the earliest Carpocrates reports\n	Introduction\n	Carpocratian theology\n	The Carpocratian understanding of Jesus\n	The imitation of Jesus\n	Accusations of “magic\n	Carpocratians as scapegoats\n	The Carpocratian theory of transmigration\n	A recapitulation of Carpocratian ethics\n	Carpocratian ritual\n	Carpocratian soteriology\n	Notes\n	References\nChapter 3 Carpocratianism in the Epistle to Theodore\n	Introduction\n	The Epistle’s introduction\n	Attack on the Carpocratians\n	The question of truth\n	An account of the composition of Mark\n	The claimed corruption of Mystic Mark\n	Once again, the question of truth\n	Excerpts from Mystic Mark\n	The authenticity of the Epistle to Theodore and its use\r as a source for Carpocratianism\n	Notes\n	References\nConclusion: Contextualizing Carpocrates, Epiphanes, and\r Marcellina: An Attempt at a Profile\n	The Alexandrian context\n	Carpocrates’s theological contemporaries\n	Carpocrates\n	Epiphanes\n	Marcellina\n	Notes\n	References\nIndex