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This text aims to add impetus to the investigation of early Christianity and the questions surrounding the origin and nature of gnosticism. The study includes: a departure from the traditional exegesis of ""Acts 8, 5-24"" (the first narrative source of Simon), and the later - following - reports of ancient Christian writers; an overview of the literature of Graeco-Roman antiquity to determine the contribution of ""magic"" and ""the Magoi"" in the development of perceptions and descriptions of Simon; and the inclusion of social science explanation models and modern estimations of ""identity"", in a creative approach to questions surrounding the phenomenon of Simon.

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Haars sorgf ltige Analysen der einschl gigen Texte und die Diskussion moderner Forschungsbegriffe machen das Buch zu einem wertvollen Beitrag [...]. J rgen Zangenberg in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 12/2005

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Dr. Stephen Haar is senior pastor of Glynde Lutheran Church, Adelaide, South Australia. This book is a revision of his Ph.D. dissertation under the supervision of Professor Michael Lattke, Department of Studies in Religion, University of Queensland, Brisbane/Australia.

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