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Title Frontiers of faith [electronic resource] : the Christian encounter with Manichaeism in the Acts of Archelaus / edited by Jason BeDuhn & Paul Mirecki.

Imprint Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

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Description viii, 178 p.
Series Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, 0929-2470 ; v. 61
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 61.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-171) and indexes.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Hegemonius. Acta Archelai.
Manichaeism.
Manichaeism -- Controversial literature -- History and criticism.
Christianity and other religions -- Manichaeism.
Manichaeism -- Relations -- Christianity.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author BeDuhn, Jason.
Mirecki, Paul Allan.
ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title Christian encounter with Manichaeism in the Acts of Archelaus
ISBN 9789004161801 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004161805 (hardback : alk. paper)

 
    
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