| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 178 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies,
0929-2470 ;
v. 61
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Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 61.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Hegemonius. Acta Archelai.
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Hegemonius. Acta Archelai. |
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Acta Archelai (Hegemonius) |
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Hegemonius, approximately 4. Jh. Acta Archelai. |
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Hegemonius. |
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Acta Archelai. |
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Manichaeism.
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Manichaeism. |
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Manichaeism -- Controversial literature -- History and criticism.
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Manichaeism -- Controversial literature. |
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Christianity and other religions -- Manichaeism.
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Christianity and other religions -- Manichaeism. |
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Manichaeism -- Relations -- Christianity.
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Relations. |
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Christianity. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
BeDuhn, Jason.
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Mirecki, Paul Allan.
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| Added Title |
Christian encounter with Manichaeism in the Acts of Archelaus |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Frontiers of faith. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 (DLC) 2007031049 |
| ISBN |
9789047421535 (electronic book) |
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9047421531 (electronic book) |
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9789004161801 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004161805 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004161801.i-181 |
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