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Title: Difficult to find but important text
Review: It is unfortunate that this work is no longer in print. It is still available through the library and well worth searching to find through inter-library loan. Wilson relies heavily on the research of Adolf Harnack (seeMarcion: The Gospel of the Alien God) and adds little more to those findings. However, where Harnack's work is sometimes difficult to follow and, at times even tediously detailed, Wilson provides a more readable text. Like Harnack, Wilson seems also to spend a great deal of time defending Marcion's views rather than attempting to be objective. And, since Wilson relies so heavily on Harnack, the topics ignored by one are ignored by both leaving some gaps of understanding we could have filled. Both are good works. Harnack is more detailed and would be best for the serious student while Wilson's style will be favored by most.
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