The Construction of Heresy and the Creation of Identity: Epiphanius of Salamis and His Medicine-Chest against Heretics.

The article is about Epiphanius' use of metaphors in the Panarion to create boundaries between acceptable and non-acceptable religion. The stress is on how the various inventors of so-called heresies were made similar to different species of harmful animals, and how a comparative system of serpents...

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Publicado en:	Numen: International Review for the History of Religions Vol. 62; no. 2/3; pp. 152 - 169
Autor principal:	Gilhus, Ingvild Sælid
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Brill Academic Publishers 2015
Materias:	Epiphanius, Saint, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, ca. 310-403 Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis, The (Book) Heresy Early Christian literature Metaphor Early Christian literature > History & criticism Greek authors Religion
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