03463nam 22006134a 450 991045143680332120200520144314.01-280-91523-4978661091523190-474-0545-51-4294-0812-X10.1163/9789047405450(CKB)1000000000406546(OCoLC)191953142(CaPaEBR)ebrary10175380(SSID)ssj0000136740(PQKBManifestationID)11152690(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136740(PQKBWorkID)10084102(PQKB)11233827(MiAaPQ)EBC3003976(nllekb)BRILL9789047405450(Au-PeEL)EBL3003976(CaPaEBR)ebr10175380(CaONFJC)MIL91523(EXLCZ)99100000000040654620040331d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDemonstrative 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 PedersenLeiden ;Boston Brill20041 online resource (592 p.) Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies,0929-2470 ;56Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph90-04-13883-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-516) and indexes.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.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.Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ;56.ManichaeismControversial literatureHistory and criticismElectronic books.ManichaeismControversial literatureHistory and criticism.239/.1Pedersen Nils Arne1959-914133MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451436803321Demonstrative proof in defence of God2048090UNINA