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Valentinus (100-160 C.E.) was an influential Gnostic opposed to the practices that would later become part of the Christian orthodoxy. This text covers Valentinus's interpretation of the biblical creation myth, in which he affirms mankind's original immortality and places a special emphasis on the 'frank speech' afforded to Adam by God.Dunderberg, Ismo O. is the author of 'Beyond Gnosticism', published 2008 under ISBN 9780231141727 and ISBN 0231141726.
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