Biblical argument in Manichaean missionary practice the case of Adimantus and Augustine /
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Leiden ; Boston :
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2010.
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| Series: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ;
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Table of Contents:
- 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.