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.

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

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / J. A. Van Den Berg , A. Kotzé , T. Nicklas and M. Scopello -- 1. Protreptic, Paraenetic And Augustine’s Confessions / Annemaré Kotzé -- 2. Allegorical Reading And Writing In Augustine’s Confessions / Therese Fuhrer -- 3. Augustine’s Confessions As A Consolation Of Philosophy / Josef Lössl -- 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? / Anthony Dupont -- 5. ‘Practicing What He Had Taught’: Augustine’s Sermons On Cyprian / Vincent Hunink -- 6. Die Ungeschriebenen Briefe des Augustinus von Hippo / Sigrid Mratschek -- 7. Einige Rechtliche und Theologische Fragen zu den Abeloitae in Augustins De Haeresibus / Gian Ackermans -- 8. Der Augustinische Häresiebegriff als Grundlage für die Ketzerverfolgung im Mittelalter / Daniela Müller -- 9. Judaism, Augustine And Pope Benedict XVI On The Plurality Of Opinions / Marcel Poorthuis -- 10. Le Fils Prodigue Vu Par Augustin: Un Pas Vers l’Exclusivisme de la Grâce / Matthias Smalbrugge -- 11. Traces Of Augustinian ‘Gnosis’ In Julianus Pomperius’ De Vita Contemplativa / Paul Hendrik Fick -- 12. The Manichaean Cosmogonical Myth As A ‘Re-Written Bible’ / Eugenia Smagina -- 13. Simplicius On Manichaean Cosmogony / Samuel N.C. Lieu and John S. Sheldon -- 14. The Veil And Revelation Of The Father Of Greatness / Nils Arne Pedersen -- 15. The Treasure Of The Manichaean Spiritual Life / Majella Franzmann -- 16. Manichaean Ritual Practice At Ancient Kells: A New Understanding Of The Meaning And Function Of The So-Called Prayer Of The Emanations / Iain Gardner -- 17. Manichaeism In Late Antique Georgia? / Tamila Mgaloblishvili and Stephen H. Rapp Jr. -- 18. Syriac Sources And Manichaeism: A Four Hundred Year Trajectory / Erica C.D. Hunter -- 19. The ‘Five Elements’ In Manichaean Art / Jorinde Ebert -- 20. The Central Asian Roots Of A Chinese Manichaean Silk Painting In The Collection Of The Yamato Bunkakan, Nara, Japan / Zsuzsanna Gulácsi -- 21. The Discovery Of Manichaean Paintings In Japan And Their Historical Background / Takao Moriyasu -- 22. Jesus, Mani, And Augustine / J. Kevin Coyle -- 23. The Doctrine Of The Soul In Manichaeism And Augustine / Concetta Giuffrè Scibona -- 24. Augustine And His Sources: The ‘Devil’s Snares And Birdlime’ In The Mouths Of Manichaeans In East And West / Gunner Mikkelsen -- 25. Globus Horribilis: The Role Of The Bolos In Manichaean Eschatology And Its Polemical Transformation In Augustine’s Anti-Manichaean Writings / Byard Bennett -- 26. Optimi Viri Sanctissimique: Augustins Konzept Einer Synthese von Askese und Pastoral in De Moribus 1, 65-80. Eine Republik auf Manichäische Polemik / Andreas E.J. Grote -- 27. Did Augustine Win His Debate With Fortunatus? / Jason David BeDuhn -- 28. Secundinus in der Diskussion Mit Augustinus Über das Malum: Beobachtungen Zu den Augustinischen Quellen der Epistula Secundini / Andreas Hoffmann -- 29. The Disputation With Felix: Themes And Modalities Of Augustine’s Polemic / Giulia Sfameni Gasparro -- 30. ‚Apokryph Gewordene Schriften‘? Gedanken Zum Apokryphenbegriff Bei Großkirchlichen Autoren Und In Einigen ‚Gnostischen‘ Texten / Tobias Nicklas.