Frontiers of faith : the Christian encounter with Manichaeism in the Acts of Archelaus / edited by Jason BeDuhn & Paul Mirecki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

BeDuhn, Jason.

Mirecki, Paul Allan.

Series:

Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 61.

Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, 0929-2470 ; v. 61

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hegemonius. Acta Archelai.

Hegemonius.

Manichaeism.

Manichaeism--Controversial literature--History and criticism.

Christianity and other religions--Manichaeism.

Christianity and other religions.

Manichaeism--Relations--Christianity.

Relations.

Christianity.

Manichaeism--Controversial literature.

Physical Description:

viii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Christian encounter with Manichaeism in the Acts of Archelaus

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Contents:

Placing the Acts of Archelaus / Jason BeDuhn and Paul Mirecki

Hesitant and ignorant: the portrayal of Mani in the Acts of Archelaus / J. Kevin Coyle

Mani's letter to Marcellus: fact and fiction in the Acta Archelai revisited / Iain Gardner

Narrative options in Manichaean eschatology / Tudor Andrei Sala

A clash of portraits: contrasts between Archelaus and Mani in the Acta Archelai / J. Kevin Coyle

A war of words: intertextuality and the struggle over the legacy of Christ in the Acta Archelai / Jason BeDuhn

The light and the darkness: the two natures, free will, and the scriptural evidence in the Acta Archelai / Kevin Kaatz

"Et sicut rex

": competing ideas of kingship in the anti-Manichaean Acta Archelai / Timothy Pettipiece

Biblical antitheses, Adda, and the Acts of Archelaus / Jason BeDuhn

Acta Archelai 63.5-6 and PGM I. 42-195: a rooftop ritual for acquiring an aerial spirit assistant / Paul Mirecki

Basilides' "Barbarian cosmogony": its nature and function within the Acta Archelai / Byard Bennett.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-171) and indexes.

ISBN:

9004161805

9789004161801

OCLC:

162501951