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An Ecstasy of Folly: Prophecy and Authority in Early Christianity
Written by author Laura Nasrallah
Published by Harvard Divinity School, December 2003
Who is a true prophet? Who has real access to divine realms of knowledge? Early Christian communities accused each other's prophets of madness and of making false claims to divine knowledge. This book argues that early Christians did not seek to answer qu
Who is a true prophet? Who has real access to divine realms of knowledge? Early Christian communities accused each other's prophets of madness and of making false claims to divine knowledge. This book argues that early Christians did not seek to answer qu

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Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction 1
Ch. 1 Taxonomies of Ecstasy, Madness, and Dreams 29
Platonism and Madness 32
"Stand Outside of Yourself": Philo's Taxonomy of Ecstasy 36
The Early-Third-Century Debate 44
Ch. 2 "For We Know only in Part and We Prophesy only in Part": Spiritual Gifts and Epistemology in 1 Corinthians 61
1 Corinthians and "Christian" Prophecy 63
Human Wisdom, Divine Folly, and the Politics of Identity: Who Are the Pneumarikoi? 70
One Body 77
Ranking Pneumatika 83
1 Corinthians 13: Love Trumps Wisdom 87
Ch. 3 Tertullian and the Soul's Condition 97
Locating Tertullian 97
Tertullian the Philosopher, Tertullian the Antiphilosopher 101
De anima 111
Ch. 4 Ecstasy as Madness: Tertullian and the Competition over Spiritual Gifts 129
The Soul and the Spirit 130
Tertullian's Debate with the Psychici 140
Spiritual Gifts and the Periodization of History 148
Ch. 5 "An Ecstasy of Folly": The Sound and Unsound Mind in Epiphanius's Anti-Phrygian Source 155
Inventing Montanism 156
Reading With Epiphanius 162
Reading Without Epiphanius: The Anti-Phrygian Source (Pan. 48.1.4-13.8) 167
The Discourse of Periodizing History: The Catalog of Past Prophets 187
Conclusions 197
Authority, Identity, and Epistemology 198
Ancient and Modern Discourses 201
Selected Bibliography 205
Index 221

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	Preface
	Abbreviations
	Introduction	1
Ch. 1	Taxonomies of Ecstasy, Madness, and Dreams	29
	Platonism and Madness	32
	"Stand Outside of Yourself": Philo's Taxonomy of Ecstasy	36
	The Early-Third-Century Debate	44
Ch. 2	"For We Know only in Part and We Prophesy only in Part": Spiritual Gifts and Epistemology in 1 Corinthians	61
	1 Corinthians and "Christian" Prophecy	63
	Human Wisdom, Divine Folly, and the Politics of Identity: Who Are the Pneumarikoi?	70
	One Body	77
	Ranking Pneumatika	83
	1 Corinthians 13: Love Trumps Wisdom	87
Ch. 3	Tertullian and the Soul's Condition	97
	Locating Tertullian	97
	Tertullian the Philosopher, Tertullian the Antiphilosopher	101
	De anima	111
Ch. 4	Ecstasy as Madness: Tertullian and the Competition over Spiritual Gifts	129
	The Soul and the Spirit	130
	Tertullian's Debate with the Psychici	140
	Spiritual Gifts and the Periodization of History	148
Ch. 5	"An Ecstasy of Folly": The Sound and Unsound Mind in Epiphanius's Anti-Phrygian Source	155
	Inventing Montanism	156
	Reading With Epiphanius	162
	Reading Without Epiphanius: The Anti-Phrygian Source (Pan. 48.1.4-13.8)	167
	The Discourse of Periodizing History: The Catalog of Past Prophets	187
	Conclusions	197
	Authority, Identity, and Epistemology	198
	Ancient and Modern Discourses	201
	Selected Bibliography	205
	Index	221