Demonstrative Proof in Defence of God: A study of Titus of Bostra's Contra Manichaeos-the Work's Sources, Aims and Relation to its Contemporary Theology (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies,): 56 - Hardcover

Pedersen, Nils Arne

 
9789004138834: Demonstrative Proof in Defence of God: A study of Titus of Bostra's Contra Manichaeos-the Work's Sources, Aims and Relation to its Contemporary Theology (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies,): 56
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004138838 ISBN 13: 9789004138834
Publisher: Brill, 2004

Synopsis

This volume is the first extensive study of a Christian work from the 4th century, Titus of Bostra's Contra Manichaeos, which is the only text from the early Greek Church setting out a comprehensive theodicy.
The study illuminates the text's relation to contemporary theology and philosophy and interprets it in the light of the ideological conflicts between pagans, Catholic Christians and Manichaeans in the 4th century. It includes an examination of the possible Manichaean sources used by Titus, and, furthermore, a critical text study and translation of central passages in Contra Manichaeos, based both on the Greek text and the Syriac version of it.

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About the Author

Nils Arne Pedersen, Dr. Theol. (1996), University of Aarhus (Denmark), is Associate Professor of Church History. He has published on Patristics and Manichaeism including Studies in The Sermon on the Great War (Aarhus University Press, 1996) and Manichaean Homilies (Brepols).

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Publisher
Brill
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004138838
ISBN 13 
9789004138834
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
576