Demonstrative Proof in Defence of God : A Study of Titus of Bostra's Contra Manichaeos - The Work's Sources, Aims and Relation to its Contemporary Theology /

Demonstrative Proof in Defence of God : A Study of Titus of Bostra's Contra Manichaeos - The Work's Sources, Aims and Relation to its Contemporary Theology /

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 philosoph...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Pedersen, Nils Arne (مؤلف)

التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني

اللغة: English

منشور في: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2004.

سلاسل: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; 56.

الموضوعات:

Manichaeism > Controversial literature > History and criticism.

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رقم الطلب: BR65.T853

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جدول المحتويات:
  • 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.