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Title Frontiers of faith : the Christian encounter with Manichaeism in the Acts of Archelaus / edited by Jason BeDuhn & Paul Mirecki
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 178 pages)
Series Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, 0929-2470 ; v. 61
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 61.
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
Summary Taking as their common subject the key early Christian anti-Manichaean work, the "Acts of Archelaus" ("Acta Archelai"), the contributors to this volume offer a systematic exploration of what the text has to tell us about inter-religious contact
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-171) and indexes
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Hegemonius. Acta Archelai.
SUBJECT Hegemonius ca. 4. Jh. Acta Archelai gnd
Hegemonius. swd
Acta Archelai (Hegemonius) fast
Acta Archelai. swd
Subject Manichaeism.
Manichaeism -- Controversial literature -- History and criticism
Christianity and other religions -- Manichaeism.
Manichaeism -- Relations -- Christianity
Manichaeism.
RELIGION -- History.
Christianity
Interfaith relations
Manichaeism
Manichaeism -- Controversial literature
Christentum
Manichäismus
Acta Archelai (Hegemonius)
Vroege christendom.
Manicheïsme.
Manikeism.
Kristendom och andra religioner.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author BeDuhn, Jason.
Mirecki, Paul Allan.
LC no. 2007031049
ISBN 9789047421535
9047421531
1281936529
9781281936523
9786611936525
6611936521
Other Titles Christian encounter with Manichaeism in the Acts of Archelaus