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

• Superior document: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, v. 74
• TeilnehmendeR: Oort, J. van; Berg, Jacob Albert van den, 1975-
• 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.
• Bibliography: "Bibliography Johannes van Oort": p. xiii-xxxi.; Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283120127; 9786613120120; 9004195793
• ISSN: 0929-2470
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Jacob Albert van den Berg ... [et al.].

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