Ebook: Gnostic Morality Revisited

How can ethical concerns in early Christian texts, such as sexual desire, luxury, grief and anger, be better understood? Ismo Dunderberg discusses those not included in the New Testament, and among groups branded as »heretical.« He discovers that these concerns were often very practical and that they can be better understood when placed into the context of ancient philosophy.

Ismo Dunderberg Born 1963; 1994 Dr. theol. (University of Helsinki); 1995–2003, 2007–08 Research Fellow of the Academy of Finland; 2003–07 Acting Professor of New Testament Studies; since 2008 Professor of New Testament Studies at the Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki; since 2014 Dean of the Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki.