Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Edinburgh, 2009.

Marcion is unanimously acknowledged to be one of the most important and most intriguing figures of the Early Church. In spite of this importance, there is no co

This study explores Marcion's ideas through his writings and the writings of early Christian polemicists who shaped the idea of heresy.

An investigation into the motives behind writing the canonical versions of Luke and Acts Building on recent scholarship that argues for a second-century date fo