The Accusation of Heresy in Jewish-Christian-Gnostic Polemics

Łukasz Koszałka

doi:10.26142/stgd-2024-005

Published: 2024-12-20

Vol. 54 (2024)

The Accusation of Heresy in Jewish-Christian-Gnostic Polemics

Łukasz Koszałka

Gdańsk Studies

Section: Artykuły

https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2024-005

Abstract

The article explores the semantic and historical tension between heresy and orthodoxy. It seeks also an answer to the question whether there were any saved examples and evidence of accusations of heresy in the polemics between representatives of Judaism, Christianity and Gnosticism in time of late antiquity.

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heresy, polemics, late antiquity, gnosticism, Nag Hammadi library

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Koszałka, Łukasz. (2024). The Accusation of Heresy in Jewish-Christian-Gnostic Polemics . Gdańsk Studies, 54, 59–67. https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2024-005

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