Studia Patristica. Vol. XCIX - Marcion of Sinope As Religious Entrepreneur

Marcion of Sinope, as the vast output of books and papers about this second century teacher has proven since the times when he was alive and still until today, is one of the most known and debated Christian entrepreneurs of the new religious Jesus-movement, perhaps the one who was responsible for the self-denomination `Christianity'. In this volume papers have been collected that originated or were inspired by a workshop in 2014 at the Max-Weber-Kolleg, University of Erfurt, directed by Jan Bremmer, Joerg Rupke and Markus Vinzent. `Marcion of Sinope as Religious Entrepreneur' is not just a volume on Marcion's texts, but also on his role and his reception in the second century, particularly in the making of Christianity. Table of Contents Abbreviations Introduction Marcion and the Dating of Mark and the Synoptic Gospels Narratives as Factor and Indicator of Religious Change in the Roman Empire (1st and 2nd Centuries) Marcion the Shipmaster: Unlikely Religious Experts of the Roman World? Peregrinus and Marcion Who are the ‘Christians’? Marcion the Circumcizer Which Paul did Marcion Know? Reading in Rome: The Temple and Marcionite Influences in the Preface to Vulgate Paul Pre-canonical Paul: His Views towards Sexual Immorality