UID:
almahu_9949701665802882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004195790
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2011
Content:
This volume in honour of Johannes van Oort, formerly University of Utrecht, presently Professor of Patristics and Gnosticism at the Universities of Nijmegen and Pretoria, and past-President of the International Association of Manichaean Studies (IAMS), brings together a rich variety of studies on Augustine, Manichaeism, and other Gnostic currents, thus reflecting the honorand's research interests. The unique collection is divided into four sections: I. Studies in Augustine: Confessions, Sermons, Letters andamp; De Haeresibus; Augustine on Grace andamp; Pluralism; Augustinian 'Gnosis'; II. Studies in Manichaeism: Origins andamp; Myth; Doctrines andamp; Cult; Diffusion andamp; Art; III. Studies in Manichaeism and Augustine: Doctrines; Polemics andamp; Debates with Manichaean Contemporaries; IV. Studies in 'Other Gnosticism': Gnosticism and 'Apocryphal' Texts; Sources of (Ps.) Hippolytus' Refutatio; the Gospel of Judas; Modern Yesidi Gnosticism. The 35 studies are preceded by an overview of Prof. van Oort's scholarly activities and publications
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Preliminary Material /
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1. Protreptic, Paraenetic And Augustine's Confessions /
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2. Allegorical Reading And Writing In Augustine's Confessions /
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3. Augustine's Confessions As A Consolation Of Philosophy /
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4. Augustine's Sermones 29 And 29A On Ps. 117, 1 (118, 1) Two Early Carthaginian Sermones Ad Populum On The Meaning Of Confessio During The Vigil Of Pentecost? /
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5. 'Practicing What He Had Taught': Augustine's Sermons On Cyprian /
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6. Die Ungeschriebenen Briefe des Augustinus von Hippo /
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7. Einige Rechtliche und Theologische Fragen zu den Abeloitae in Augustins De Haeresibus /
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8. Der Augustinische Häresiebegriff als Grundlage für die Ketzerverfolgung im Mittelalter /
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9. Judaism, Augustine And Pope Benedict XVI On The Plurality Of Opinions /
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10. Le Fils Prodigue Vu Par Augustin: Un Pas Vers l'Exclusivisme de la Grâce /
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11. Traces Of Augustinian 'Gnosis' In Julianus Pomperius' De Vita Contemplativa /
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12. The Manichaean Cosmogonical Myth As A 'Re-Written Bible' /
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13. Simplicius On Manichaean Cosmogony /
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14. The Veil And Revelation Of The Father Of Greatness /
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15. The Treasure Of The Manichaean Spiritual Life /
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16. Manichaean Ritual Practice At Ancient Kells: A New Understanding Of The Meaning And Function Of The So-Called Prayer Of The Emanations /
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17. Manichaeism In Late Antique Georgia? /
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18. Syriac Sources And Manichaeism: A Four Hundred Year Trajectory /
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19. The 'Five Elements' In Manichaean Art /
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20. The Central Asian Roots Of A Chinese Manichaean Silk Painting In The Collection Of The Yamato Bunkakan, Nara, Japan /
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21. The Discovery Of Manichaean Paintings In Japan And Their Historical Background /
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22. Jesus, Mani, And Augustine /
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23. The Doctrine Of The Soul In Manichaeism And Augustine /
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24. Augustine And His Sources: The 'Devil's Snares And Birdlime' In The Mouths Of Manichaeans In East And West /
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25. Globus Horribilis: The Role Of The Bolos In Manichaean Eschatology And Its Polemical Transformation In Augustine's Anti-Manichaean Writings /
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26. Optimi Viri Sanctissimique: Augustins Konzept Einer Synthese von Askese und Pastoral in De Moribus 1, 65-80. Eine Republik auf Manichäische Polemik /
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27. Did Augustine Win His Debate With Fortunatus? /
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28. Secundinus in der Diskussion Mit Augustinus Über das Malum: Beobachtungen Zu den Augustinischen Quellen der Epistula Secundini /
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29. The Disputation With Felix: Themes And Modalities Of Augustine's Polemic /
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30. ,Apokryph Gewordene Schriften'? Gedanken Zum Apokryphenbegriff Bei Großkirchlichen Autoren Und In Einigen ,Gnostischen' Texten /
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English, French, and German.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004189973 (hardback : alk. paper)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004189971 (hardback : alk. paper)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004195790 (electronic book)
Language:
English
