Simon of Samaria and the Simonians: Contours of an Early Christian Movement

by M. David Litwa

Book Overview

Who were the Simonians? Beginning in the mid-second century CE, heresiologists depicted them as licentious followers of the first "gnostic," a supposedly Samarian self-deifier called Simon, who was thought to practice "magic" and became known as the father of all heresies.

Litwa examines the Simonians in their own literature and in the literature used to refute and describe them. He begins with Simonian primary sources, namely The Declaration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567712990
• ISBN13: 9780567712998
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"