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
Language:English
Series:Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 61.
Physical Description:1 online resource (189 p.)
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.