In search of trut h Augustine, Manichaeism and other gnosticism : studies for Johannes van Oort at sixty /

In search of trut h Augustine, Manichaeism and other gnosticism : studies for Johannes van Oort at sixty /

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 Au...

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Other Authors: Berg, Jacob Albert van den, 1975-, Oort, J. van

Format: eBook

Language: English
French
German

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 74.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2011, ISBN: 9789004222748.

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Augustine, > Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Gnosticism.
Manichaeism.

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Call Number: BR65.A9 I5 2011

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Summary: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
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:"Bibliography Johannes van Oort": pages xiii-xxxi.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004195790
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