Formation of the early Christian theology of arithmetic number symbolism in the late second and early third century

Title......Page 1
Abstract......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 7
1. Introduction......Page 9
2. The Valentinians......Page 18
IRENAEUS'S VALENTINIAN REPORT......Page 22
IRENAEUS'S REPORTS ON VARIATIONS IN THE VALENTINIAN TRADITION......Page 46
BARBELO-GNOSTICS......Page 52
HIPPOLYTUS'S ACCOUNT OF VALENTINIANISM......Page 56
NAG HAMMADI VALENTINIAN TEXTS......Page 69
AVALENTINIAN EXPOSITION......Page 75
VALENTINIAN NUMBER SYMBOLISM......Page 84
3. Marcus "Magus"......Page 87
THE SYSTEM......Page 89
MARCUS AND VALENTINIAN NUMBER SYMBOLISM......Page 105
4. Monoïmus......Page 113
5. Paraphrase of the Apophasis Megale......Page 126
6. Colarbasus......Page 140
7. Irenaeus......Page 148
IRENAEUS'S CRITIQUE......Page 150
IRENAEUS'S ALTERNATIVE......Page 169
CONSISTENCY IN IRENAEUS'S THOUGHT......Page 181
Principle one......Page 183
Principle two......Page 184
Principle three......Page 185
Principle four......Page 186
8. Clement of Alexandria......Page 190
NUMBERS IN CLEMENT'S DOCTRINE OF GOD......Page 192
THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL DECALOGUE......Page 195
THE INSPIRATION FOR CLEMENT'S ANTHROPOLOGICAL DECALOGUE......Page 200
SIXES AT SEVENS, SEVENS AT EIGHTS......Page 208
THE ARITHMETIC OF TRANSFIGURATION......Page 213
TRANSFIGURATION OF ARITHMETIC......Page 229
9. Platonism......Page 233
THEODORE OF ASINE......Page 242
PLUTARCH......Page 257
10. Numeri ex Regula......Page 270
Excursus A: Pythagoreanism in Outline......Page 281
1. ONE VERSUS ONE: THE HIERARCHY OF THE HEN AND THE MONAD......Page 292
2. ODD AND EVEN NUMBERS AS MALE AND FEMALE......Page 304
3. THE TETRAKTYS......Page 313
4. THE QUADRIVIUM......Page 318
5. THE NUMBER FIVE: MARRIAGE......Page 329
PRINCIPLES......Page 333
HISTORY......Page 335
JEWISH ISOPSEPHY......Page 345
Excursus D: Types of Greek Numerology......Page 351
1. PYTHAGORAS TO TELAUGES, OR THE LITTLE PYTHAGOREAN PLINTH......Page 353
Variations......Page 354
Manuscripts......Page 357
2. PETOSIRIS TO NECHEPSO......Page 359
The Technique......Page 360
The Lunar Chart......Page 361
The Circle of Petosiris......Page 362
Variations......Page 363
Manuscripts......Page 364
The Technique......Page 368
Manuscripts......Page 369
4. TECHNIQUE OF HERMES (DECAN PROGNOSTICATION)......Page 370
Manuscripts......Page 371
The Technique......Page 372
The Technique......Page 373
7. HYBRID TECHNIQUES......Page 374
8. AUSPICIOUS DAYS OF THE MONTH......Page 379
Manuscripts......Page 380
Sample of Arrangement of Auspicious and Inauspicious Days......Page 384
9. NUMEROLOGY AS A PART OF OTHER PROGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES......Page 385
Excursus E: The Original Sequence of Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1. Another Suggestion......Page 388
Excursus F: Italian versus Eastern Valentinianism?......Page 403
Excursus G: The Structure of Clement of Alexandria's Excursus on the Decalogue......Page 412
Abbreviations......Page 420
PRIMARY SOURCES, ORDERED BY ANCIENT AUTHOR OR TEXT......Page 423
STUDIES ORDERED BY MODERN AUTHOR......Page 455