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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451436803321

Autore

Pedersen Nils Arne <1959->

Titolo

Demonstrative proof in defence of God [[electronic resource] ] : a study of Titus of Bostra's Contra Manichaeos : the work's sources, aims, and relation to its contemporary theology / / by Nils Arne Pedersen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2004

ISBN

1-280-91523-4

9786610915231

90-474-0545-5

1-4294-0812-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (592 p.)

Collana

Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, , 0929-2470 ; ; 56

Disciplina

239/.1

Soggetti

Manichaeism - Controversial literature - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-516) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Summary of Contents -- Receptions, editions and scholarship history of Contra Manichaeos -- The historical and literary context for Titus of Bostra's Contra Manichaeos -- The audience for Contra Manichaeos and the portrayal of Manichaeism that Titus wished to present to them -- The Manichaean texts used by Titus of Bostra -- Titus of Bostra's philosophical position -- Titus of Bostra's interpretation of the Paradise narrative -- Comparison between the exegesis of Genesis in Titus of Bostra and in a number of writers in "the Antiochene School" -- Summary of the study's most important conclusions -- Critical examinations of the text -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Sources -- Index of Persons.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is the first extensive study of a Christian work from the 4th century, Titus of Bostra's Contra Manichaeos , which is the only text from the early Greek Church setting out a comprehensive theodicy. The study illuminates the text's relation to contemporary theology and philosophy and interprets it in the light of the ideological conflicts between pagans, Catholic Christians and Manichaeans in the 4th



century. It includes an examination of the possible Manichaean sources used by Titus, and, furthermore, a critical text study and translation of central passages in Contra Manichaeos , based both on the Greek text and the Syriac version of it.