Biblical argument in Manichaean missionary practice : the case of Adimantus and Augustine

1. Verfasser: Berg, Jacob Albert van den, 1975-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Umfang/Format: xii, 239 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 70
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245 1 0 |a Biblical argument in Manichaean missionary practice :  |b the case of Adimantus and Augustine /  |c by Jacob Albert van den Verg. 
260 |a Leiden ;  |a Boston :  |b Brill,  |c 2010. 
300 |a xii, 239 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 25 cm. 
490 0 |a Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ;  |v 70 
502 |a Zugl.: Nijmegen, Univ., Diss., 2009 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and indexes. 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Augustine, manichaeism, and Holy Scripture -- Purpose -- Outline of the study -- Relevance -- Adimantus : a manichaean missionary -- Adimantus' identity -- Augustine on Adimantus -- The argument from the Greek abjuration formulae -- The different regions of Adimantus' activity -- The relationship between the names 'Adimantus' and 'Addas -- Adimantus = Pappos? -- Adimantus' biography -- Adimantus' background -- Adimantus as a member of Mani's church -- Adimantus' missionary journeys -- Mani's missionary precepts and Adimantus -- Adimantus' missionary activities -- Provisional conclusions -- Adimantus' disputationes : a reconstruction -- Augustine's acquaintance with the Disputationes -- The years of Augustine's priesthood -- The Manichaean years -- Disputationes refuted in Contra adimantum -- The structure of Contra adimantum -- Double answers -- (parts of) sermons in Contra adimantum -- Contra adimantum : preliminary conclusion --^Adimantus' Disputationes in Contra adimantum -- Disputationes disproved in sermons -- Sermons discussing disputations also refuted in Contra adimantum -- Sermons discussing disputations not mentioned in Contra adimantum -- The Disputationes in other works of Augustine -- Contra faustum -- De genesi adversus manichaeos -- De Genesi ad litteram libri duodecim -- Adimantus' Disputationes : a reconstruction of its contents -- Analysis of the Disputationes : its method, contents, and purposes -- Bible texts -- Method and limitations -- The Old Testament quotations -- The New Testament quotations -- Exegetical methods of the Disputationes -- The methodological application of 'Antitheses' -- The literal sense -- Did Adimantus ignore the context? -- Contents of the Disputationes -- Subjects of the Disputationes -- Arguments quoted in full -- The form of the Disputationes -- The target group of the Disputationes -- The relevance of the Old Testament to Adimantus --^The importance attached to the New Testament -- The literary context of the Disputationes -- The Contra faustum and the capitula -- Writings against the superstitio of the Jews -- Writings against the deceit of the 'semi-Christian' -- Faustus' introduction to his capitula -- Adimantus' fame as 'paraclete' -- Adimantus' criticism of Christ's genealogies -- Adimantus' criticism of positive references to the Hebrew Bible -- The modion -- Adimantus on the Manichaean myth -- The Kephalaia. 
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