Simon Magus

The First Gnostic?

By: Stephen Haar

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Hardcover | 16 April 2003

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This latest comprehensive work on Simon Magus lends new impetus to the investigation of Early Christianity and questions surrounding the origin and nature of Gnosticism. Major contributions of this study include: (1), a departure from the traditional exegesis of Acts 8, 5-24 (the first narrative source of Simon), and the later following reports of ancient Christian writers; (2), an overview of the literature of Graeco-Roman antiquity to determine the contribution of "magic" and "the Magoi" in the development of perceptions and descriptions of Simon; and (3), the inclusion of social science explanation models and modern estimations of "identity", in a creative approach to questions surrounding the phenomenon of Simon.

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Preface
Abbreviations
List of Tables
Introduction	p. 1
Purpose and Rationale	p. 1
Structure and Method	p. 4
Outlining an Approach	p. 7
History of Research	p. 10
Preliminary Remarks	p. 10
Simon observed within the Debate over the Historical Value of Acts	p. 11
Simon observed within the Debate over the Nature and Origin of Gnosticism	p. 22
Concluding Remarks	p. 31
The Sources	p. 33
Introduction	p. 33
References to the Magoi in the Literature of Graeco-Roman Antiquity	p. 35
Introduction	p. 35
Magoi in the Pre-Socratics	p. 36
Magoi in the Historians of Graeco-Roman Antiquity	p. 41
Magoi in the Philosophers of Graeco-Roman Antiquity	p. 48
Magoi in the Writers of Graeco-Roman Antiquity	p. 53
Observations	p. 65
Conclusions	p. 70
The New Testament Account of Simon	p. 71
Introduction	p. 71
Some Textual Considerations in Acts 8:4-25	p. 73
Summary Conclusions	p. 82
The Accounts of Simon in Ancient Christian Writers prior to 400 C.E.	p. 83
Justin Martyr	p. 83
Irenaeus	p. 89
Hippolytus	p. 94
Epiphanius	p. 103
The Pseudo-Clementine Literature	p. 109
The Apocryphal Acts of Peter	p. 112
Summary Conclusions	p. 116
Simon the Magician	p. 132
Introduction	p. 132
Magic in the Graeco-Roman World	p. 134
Jewish Magic	p. 139
Magoi in the Matthean Infancy Narrative	p. 149
Simon the "Magician" and other "Magicians" in the Book of Acts	p. 158
Introduction	p. 158
Philip, Peter, and Simon the "Magician" in Acts 8:4-25	p. 159
Paul and the Jewish "Magician" Bar-Jesus in Acts 13:4-12	p. 194
Paul and the Ephesian Exorcists in Acts 19:13-20	p. 209
Simon the Gnostic	p. 228
Introduction	p. 228
Towards a Consensus in Terminology	p. 229
The Word "Gnostic" and Its Development	p. 229
The Word "Gnosticism" and Its Development	p. 237
Evidence from Ancient Christian Writers	p. 243
Introduction	p. 243
Literary Fragments	p. 244
Conclusion	p. 294
Preliminary Remarks	p. 294
The Messina Definition and Simon	p. 296
Ancient Christian Writers and Simon	p. 299
"Simon" on Simon	p. 302
Final Remarks	p. 306
Bibliography	p. 309
Index of References	p. 361
Index of Modern Authors	p. 381
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