000432826 000__ 04176cam\a2200385\a\4500 000432826 001__ 432826 000432826 005__ 20210513151513.0 000432826 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000432826 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000432826 008__ 091102s2010\\\\ne\a\\\\ob\\\\001\0deng\d 000432826 010__ $$z 2009046089 000432826 020__ $$z9789004180345 000432826 020__ $$z9004180346 000432826 020__ $$a9789004180901$$q(electronic book) 000432826 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10439093 000432826 035__ $$a(OCoLC)701015197 000432826 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000432826 05014 $$aBR65.A62132$$bB47 2010eb 000432826 08204 $$a239/.1$$222 000432826 1001_ $$aBerg, Jacob Albert van den,$$d1975- 000432826 24510 $$aBiblical argument in Manichaean missionary practice$$h[electronic resource] :$$bthe case of Adimantus and Augustine /$$cby Jacob Albert van den Berg. 000432826 260__ $$aLeiden ;$$aBoston :$$bBrill,$$c2010. 000432826 300__ $$a1 online resource (xii, 239 p.) :$$bcol. ill. 000432826 4901_ $$aNag Hammadi and Manichaean studies,$$x0929-2470 ;$$vv. 70 000432826 500__ $$aRevision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Radboud University of Nijmegen, 2009. 000432826 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 000432826 5050_ $$aIntroduction. 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. Introduction -- 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 -- Introduction -- Sermons discussing disputations also refuted in Contra adimantum -- Sermons discussing disputations not mentioned in Contra adimantum -- The Disputationes in other works of Augustine -- Introduction -- 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. Introduction -- 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 -- Evaluation -- 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. Introduction -- Relevance -- Method -- The Contra faustum and the Capitula -- Writings against the superstitio of the Jews -- Writings against the deceit of the 'semi-christiani' -- Faustus' introduction to his Capitula -- Adimantus' fame as 'Paraclete' -- Adimantus' criticism of Christ's genealogies -- Adimantus' criticism of positive references to the Hebrew Bible -- Concluding remarks -- Other works -- The Modion -- Adimantus on the Manichaean myth -- The Kephalaia -- Evaluation -- Conclusions and suggestions for further research. 000432826 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000432826 60000 $$aAugustine,$$cof Hippo, Saint,$$d354-430.$$tContra Adimantum. 000432826 63000 $$aBible$$xCriticism, interpretation, etc. 000432826 650_0 $$aManichaeism. 000432826 830_0 $$aNag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ;$$v70. 000432826 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete 000432826 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10439093$$zOnline Access 000432826 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:432826$$pGLOBAL_SET 000432826 980__ $$aEBOOK 000432826 980__ $$aBIB 000432826 982__ $$aEbook 000432826 983__ $$aOnline