Introduction. 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.