The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Sections 1-46 Bk.1 (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies): (Sects 1-46) Second Edition, Revised and Expanded: 63

Review

'It will [...] be a great resource for scholars and students and it should certainly be available on the shelf of any research library. [...] Frank Williams has performed a great service through his translation to those with broad interest s in the history of early Christianity, the construction of orthodoxy and heresy, the heresiological tradition, and of course Epiphanius himself.'
Young Richard Kim, Journal of Early Christian Studies, 18.1, 2010

Product Description

Saint Epiphanius was the longtime Bishop of Salamis on Cypress in the fourth century. In this revision of the 1987 edition, Williams (retired, religious studies, U. of Texas at El Paso) presents the only modern language translation of his Panarion ("Medicine Chest"). Concerned primarily with Gnostic and Jewish Christian heretical groups, Book I of the three volumes of "The Treatise Against Eighty Sects, and one (further treatise), the Defense of the Only Truth, that is 'The Catholic and Orthodox Church" treats material found in Nag Hammadi and other Gnostic writings, early Church authors (e.g., Hippolytus, Irenaeus), and sources not found elsewhere. This major contribution to Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies contains a brief list of corrected passages, and expanded notes and indices. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Author

Frank Williams, D.Phil. (1961) Oxford University, is retired from the Religious Studies Program at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has translated the whole of Epiphanius Panarion and published works on the Nag Hammadi tractates and the Codex Tchacos (Gospel of Judas).