Frontiers of faith : : the Christian encounter with Manichaeism in the Acts of Archelaus / / edited by Jason BeDuhn & Paul Mirecki.
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, conflict, and comprehension at a crucial moment in relig...
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| Superior document: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, v. 61 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (189 pages) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of 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.