In search of truth : Augustine, Manichaeism and other gnosticism : studies for Johannes van Oort at sixty / / edited by Jacob Albert van den Berg ... [and others].

• TeilnehmendeR: Berg, Jacob Albert van den, 1975-; Oort, J. van
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2011.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 74.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (768 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; 1. Protreptic, Paraenetic And Augustine’s Confessions /; 2. Allegorical Reading And Writing In Augustine’s Confessions /; 3. Augustine’s Confessions As A Consolation Of Philosophy /; 4. Augustine’s Sermones 29 And 29A On Ps. 117, 1 (118, 1) Two Early Carthaginian Sermones Ad Populum On The Meaning Of Confessio During The Vigil Of Pentecost? /; 5. ‘Practicing What He Had Taught’: Augustine’s Sermons On Cyprian /; 6. Die Ungeschriebenen Briefe des Augustinus von Hippo /; 7. Einige Rechtliche und Theologische Fragen zu den Abeloitae in Augustins De Haeresibus /; 8. Der Augustinische Häresiebegriff als Grundlage für die Ketzerverfolgung im Mittelalter /; 9. Judaism, Augustine And Pope Benedict XVI On The Plurality Of Opinions /; 10. Le Fils Prodigue Vu Par Augustin: Un Pas Vers l’Exclusivisme de la Grâce /; 11. Traces Of Augustinian ‘Gnosis’ In Julianus Pomperius’ De Vita Contemplativa /; 12. The Manichaean Cosmogonical Myth As A ‘Re-Written Bible’ /; 13. Simplicius On Manichaean Cosmogony /; 14. The Veil And Revelation Of The Father Of Greatness /; 15. The Treasure Of The Manichaean Spiritual Life /; 16. Manichaean Ritual Practice At Ancient Kells: A New Understanding Of The Meaning And Function Of The So-Called Prayer Of The Emanations /; 17. Manichaeism In Late Antique Georgia? /; 18. Syriac Sources And Manichaeism: A Four Hundred Year Trajectory /; 19. The ‘Five Elements’ In Manichaean Art /; 20. The Central Asian Roots Of A Chinese Manichaean Silk Painting In The Collection Of The Yamato Bunkakan, Nara, Japan /; 21. The Discovery Of Manichaean Paintings In Japan And Their Historical Background /; 22. Jesus, Mani, And Augustine /; 23. The Doctrine Of The Soul In Manichaeism And Augustine /; 24. Augustine And His Sources: The ‘Devil’s Snares And Birdlime’ In The Mouths Of Manichaeans In East And West /; 25. Globus Horribilis: The Role Of The Bolos In Manichaean Eschatology And Its Polemical Transformation In Augustine’s Anti-Manichaean Writings /; 26. Optimi Viri Sanctissimique: Augustins Konzept Einer Synthese von Askese und Pastoral in De Moribus 1, 65-80. Eine Republik auf Manichäische Polemik /; 27. Did Augustine Win His Debate With Fortunatus? /; 28. Secundinus in der Diskussion Mit Augustinus Über das Malum: Beobachtungen Zu den Augustinischen Quellen der Epistula Secundini /; 29. The Disputation With Felix: Themes And Modalities Of Augustine’s Polemic /; 30. ‚Apokryph Gewordene Schriften‘? Gedanken Zum Apokryphenbegriff Bei Großkirchlichen Autoren Und In Einigen ‚Gnostischen‘ Texten /
• Bibliography: "Bibliography Johannes van Oort": pages xiii-xxxi.; Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283120127; 9786613120120; 9004195793
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Jacob Albert van den Berg ... [and others].

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