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'In search of truth' : Augustine, Manichaeism and other gnosticism : studies for Johannes van Oort at sixty / edited by Jacob Albert van den Berg ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 74.
- Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, 0929-2470 ; v. 74
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
- Augustine.
- Manichaeism.
- Gnosticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (768 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Studies in Augustine : confessions, sermons, letters & De haeresibus ; Augustine on grace & pluralism ; Augustinian 'gnosis'
- pt. 2. Studies in Manichaeism : origins & myth ; doctrines & cult ; diffusion & art
- pt. 3. Studies in Manichaeism and Augustine : doctrines ; Polemics & debates with Manichaeism contemporaries
- pt. 4. Studies in 'other gnosticism' : gnosticism & 'apocryphal' texts ; sources of (PS.) Hippolytus' Refutatio ; the Gospel of Judas ; modern Yesidi gnosticism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- "Bibliography Johannes van Oort": p. xiii-xxxi.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-12012-7
- 9786613120120
- 90-04-19579-3
- OCLC:
- 727944948
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004189973.i-730 DOI
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