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Book Acts of Archelaus

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hegemonius
  • Publisher : Brepols Pub
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN : 9782503511566
  • Pages : 177 pages

Download or read book Acts of Archelaus written by Hegemonius and published by Brepols Pub. This book was released on 2001 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally attributed to Hegemonius, the Acta Archelai is the oldest and most significant anti-Manichaean polemical texts. Originally composed in Greek in the fourth century, it has survived mainly in a near contemporary Latin translation - substantial section of the Greek version has however survived in the Panarion of Epiphanius. The Acta gives a fictional account of a debate between Mani and Archelaus, the Christian bishop of the city of Carchar in Roman Mesopotamia as well as an important summary of his teaching on cosmogony and a highly polemical version of Mani's life. The work would later exercise enormous influence on anti-Manichaean writings in both Late Antiquity and Middle Ages. The present translation, the first to be based on the excellent edition by Charles Beeson, is accompanied by detailed introduction and notes. The Greek version of the summary of Mani's teaching preserved in Greek is also translated separately in an appendix. The book is of basic importance to all scholars of Manichaeism, gnosticism and of medieval heresies.

Book Hegemonius Acta Archelai

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  • Author : Charles Henry Beeson
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2020-02-27
  • ISBN : 3846046914
  • Pages : 189 pages

Download or read book Hegemonius Acta Archelai written by Charles Henry Beeson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1906.

Book Hegemonius Acta Archelai

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles Henry Beeson
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2020-02-27
  • ISBN : 3846046906
  • Pages : 190 pages

Download or read book Hegemonius Acta Archelai written by Charles Henry Beeson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1906.

Book Hegemonius  Acta Archelai

Download or read book Hegemonius Acta Archelai written by Hegemonius and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Acta Archelai

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  • Author : Hegemonius
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1906
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 139 pages

Download or read book Acta Archelai written by Hegemonius and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hegemonius Acta Archelai  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Hegemonius Acta Archelai Classic Reprint written by Charles Henry Beeson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hegemonius Acta Archelai Die Acta Archalai die Hauptquelle fast aller abendlandischen Berichte uber den Manichaismus, sind, wie bekannt, vollstandig nur in einer lateinischen Ubersetzung auf uns gekommen 2. Uber die hand schriftliche Grundlage der lateinischen Fassung, die im Verlauf dieser Einleitung speciell als Acta bezeichnet wird, s. Unten S. Xixfl'. Hier sei zunachst zusammengestellt, was uns von Nachrichten und Auszugen uberliefert ist, die sich auf das mit Sicherheit vomuszusetzende griechische Original der lateinischen Fassung beziehen. Dies Original heie einst weilen ohne weitere Begrundung: Hegemonias und nur da Acta, wo der Gegensatz zwischen Original und Ubersetzung nicht scharf betont wird. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Mani

    Book Details:
  • Author : L. J. R. Ort
  • Publisher : Brill Archive
  • Release : 1967
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 314 pages

Download or read book Mani written by L. J. R. Ort and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1967 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Acta Archelai  Herausgegeben     von C H  Beeson  Gk    Lat

Download or read book Acta Archelai Herausgegeben von C H Beeson Gk Lat written by HEGEMONIUS. and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book On Illustrious Men  The Fathers of the Church  Volume 100

Download or read book On Illustrious Men The Fathers of the Church Volume 100 written by Saint Jerome and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often cited as a source of biographical information on ancient Christian authors, On Illustrious Men provides St. Jerome's personal evaluations of his forebears and contemporaries, as well as catalogs of patristic writings known to him

Book Mani and Augustine

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  • Author : Johannes van Oort
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2020-02-10
  • ISBN : 9004417591
  • Pages : 630 pages

Download or read book Mani and Augustine written by Johannes van Oort and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-02-10 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mani and Augustine: collected essays on Mani, Manichaeism and Augustine gathers in one volume contributions on Manichaean scholarship made by the internationally renowned scholar Johannes van Oort. The first part of the book focuses on the Babylonian prophet Mani (216-277) who styled himself an ‘apostle of Jesus Christ’, on Jewish elements in Manichaeism and on ‘human semen eucharist’, eschatology and imagery of Christ as ‘God’s Right Hand’. The second part of the book concentrates on the question to what extent the former ‘auditor’ Augustine became acquainted with Mani’s gnostic world religion and his canonical writings, and explores to what extent Manichaeism had a lasting impact on the most influential church father of the West.

Book Manichaeism and Its Legacy

Download or read book Manichaeism and Its Legacy written by J. Kevin Coyle and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-10-23 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reproduces nineteen chapters and articles published between 1991 through 2008, on Manichaeism, and its contacts with Augustine of Hippo, its most famous convert and also best-known adversary. The contents are divided into four parts: perceptions of Mani within the Roman Empire, select aspects of Manichaean thought, women in Manichaeism, and Manichaeism and Augustine. Though these chapters and articles reproduce their originals, adjustments have been made to include cross-referencing, newer editions, and the like, all with the aim of rendering them more accessible to a new readership among those who follow the fortunes of Mani’s religion in the Roman Empire and/or the “Manichaean” aspects of Augustine of Hippo.

Book Mani A Religio Historical Description if his Personality

Download or read book Mani A Religio Historical Description if his Personality written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Emerging from Darkness

Download or read book Emerging from Darkness written by Paul Mirecki and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern interpretation of the Manichaean religious tradition requires a firm foundation in the sober and meticulous reconstruction of highly fragmentary sources. The studies collected in this volume contribute to such a foundation by bringing new primary texts to the public for the first time, extracting new data from previously known sources, and defining and delimiting important but previously neglected sets of material. The studies are authored by an international group of leading scholars in the fields of ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern studies, comparative religion, early Christianity, patristics, art history, Turkic studies and Coptology. The textual and art historical materials examined possess distinctive histories, character and significance representing the broad geographical range of Manichaeism from Algeria to China. By elucidating these essential remains of the Manichaean religion, the comprehensive treatments contained in Emerging from Darkness provide a provocative picture of Manichaeism as a diverse and productive tradition in a variety of settings and media. The volume will be foundational for future scholarly studies on the sources presented and for studies in Manichaeism and late antique religions in general.

Book Frontiers of Faith

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  • Author : Jason BeDuhn
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2007-09-30
  • ISBN : 9047421531
  • Pages : 189 pages

Download or read book Frontiers of Faith written by Jason BeDuhn and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-09-30 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 religious history: the encounter between Christianity and Manichaeism along the political and cultural frontier zone of West Asia in the early fourth century CE. The contributions examine the text's structure, apologetic and polemical strategies, and possible sources, and through these analyses challenge received notions of ‘orthodoxy’ and ‘heresy’ in the mutual construction of identity that took place between these two claimants to the Christian heritage.

Book The Evil Creator

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  • Author : M. David Litwa
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2021-05-18
  • ISBN : 019756643X
  • Pages : 211 pages

Download or read book The Evil Creator written by M. David Litwa and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the origins of the evil creator idea chiefly in light of early Christian biblical interpretations. It is divided into two parts. In Part I, the focus is on the interpretations of Exodus and John. Firstly, ancient Egyptian assimilation of the Jewish god to the evil deity Seth-Typhon is studied to understand its reapplication by Phibionite and Sethian Christians to the Judeo-catholic creator. Secondly, the Christian reception of John 8:44 (understood to refer to the devil's father) is shown to implicate the Judeo-catholic creator in murdering Christ. Part II focuses on Marcionite Christian biblical interpretations. It begins with Marcionite interpretations of the creator's character in the Christian "Old Testament," analyzes 2 Corinthians 4:4 (in which "the god of this world" blinds people from Christ's glory), examines Christ's so-called destruction of the Law (Eph 2:15) and the Lawgiver, and shows how Christ finally succumbs to the "curse of the Law" inflicted by the creator (Gal 3:13). A concluding chapter shows how still today readers of the Christian Bible have concluded that the creator manifests an evil character.

Book Cyril Of Jerusalem

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  • Author : Jan Willem Drijvers
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2004-01-01
  • ISBN : 9004139869
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book Cyril Of Jerusalem written by Jan Willem Drijvers and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with the episcopate of Cyril of Jerusalem (350 to 387). Its overall theme is the relationship between the city and its bishop and, in particular, Cyril's efforts to promote Jerusalem as the Christian city "par excellence," by employing Jerusalem's religious symbols - the holy sites and the Cross. Apart from chapters on Jerusalem in the fourth century C.E. and on the life and works of Cyril, this study discusses important aspects and events of Cyril's episcopacy, such as his pastoral work as an urban bishop of the Jerusalem Christian community, Jerusalem's liturgy, the rebuilding of the Temple, giving a re-interpretation of the Syriac letter ascribed to Cyril about this event, and Jerusalem's and Palestine's religious landscape.

Book The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Biblical Interpretation

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Biblical Interpretation written by Paul M. Blowers and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible was the essence of virtually every aspect of the life of the early churches. The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Biblical Interpretation explores a wide array of themes related to the reception, canonization, interpretation, uses, and legacies of the Bible in early Christianity. Each section contains overviews and cutting-edge scholarship that expands understanding of the field. Part One examines the material text transmitted, translated, and invested with authority, and the very conceptualization of sacred Scripture as God's word for the church. Part Two looks at the culture and disciplines or science of interpretation in representative exegetical traditions. Part Three addresses the diverse literary and non-literary modes of interpretation, while Part Four canvasses the communal background and foreground of early Christian interpretation, where the Bible was paramount in shaping normative Christian identity. Part Five assesses the determinative role of the Bible in major developments and theological controversies in the life of the churches. Part Six returns to interpretation proper and samples how certain abiding motifs from within scriptural revelation were treated by major Christian expositors. The overall history of biblical interpretation has itself now become the subject of a growing scholarship and the final part skilfully examines how early Christian exegesis was retrieved and critically evaluated in later periods of church history. Taken together, the chapters provide nuanced paths of introduction for students and scholars from a wide spectrum of academic fields, including classics, biblical studies, the general history of interpretation, the social and cultural history of late ancient and early medieval Christianity, historical theology, and systematic and contextual theology. Readers will be oriented to the major resources for, and issues in, the critical study of early Christian biblical interpretation.