In Search of Truth. Augustine, Manichaeism and Other Gnosticism: Studies for Johannes Van Oort at Sixty (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies) (English, French and German Edition)

Protreptic, Paraenetic And Augustine's Confessions / Annemaré Kotzé -- Allegorical Reading And Writing In Augustine's Confessions / Therese Fuhrer -- Augustine's Confessions As A Consolation Of Philosophy / Josef Lössl -- 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 -- 'practicing What He Had Taught' : Augustine's Sermons On Cyprian / Vincent Hunink -- Die Ungeschriebenen Briefe Des Augustinus Von Hippo / Sigrid Mratschek -- Einige Rechtliche Und Theologische Fragen Zu Den Abeloitae In Augustins De Haeresibus / Gian Ackermans -- Der Augustinische Häresiebegriff Als Grundlage Für Die Ketzerverfolgung Im Mittelalter / Daniela Müller -- Judaism, Augustine And Pope Benedict Xvi On The Plurality Of Opinions / Marcel Poorthuis -- Le Fils Prodigue Vu Par Augustin : Un Pas Vers L'exclusivisme De La Grâce / Matthias Smalbrugge -- Traces Of Augustinian 'gnosis' In Julianus Pomerius' De Vita Contemplativa / Paul Hendrik Fick -- The Manichaean Cosmogonical Myth As A Re-written Bible / Eugenia Smagina -- Simplicius On Manichaean Cosmogony / Samuel N.c. Lieu And John S. Sheldon -- The Veil And Revelation Of The Father Of Greatness / Nils Arne Pedersen -- The Treasure Of The Manichaean Spiritual Life / Majella Franzmann -- Manichaean Ritual Practice At Ancient Kellis : A New Understanding Of The Meaning And Function Of The So-called Prayer Of The Emanations / Iain Gardner -- Manichaeism In Late Antique Georgia? / Tamila Mgaloblishvili And Stephen H. Rapp Jr. -- Syriac Sources And Manichaeism : A Four Hundred Year Trajectory / Erica Hunter -- The 'five Elements' In Manichaean Art / Jorinde Ebert -- The Central Asian Roots Of A Chinese Manichaean Silk Painting In The Collection Of The Yamato Bunkakan, Nara, Japan 315 / Zsuzsanna Gulácsi -- The Discovery Of Manichaean Paintings In Japan And Their Historical Background / Takao Moriyasu -- Jesus, Mani, And Augustine / J. Kevin Coyle -- The Doctrine Of The Soul In Manichaeism And Augustine / Concetta Giuffrè Scibona -- Augustine And His Sources : The Devil's Snares And Birdlime In The Mouths Of Manichaeans In East And West / Gunner Mikkelsen -- Globus Horribilis : The Role Of The Bolos In Manichaean Eschatology And Its Polemical Transformation In Augustine's Anti-manichaean Writings / Byard Bennett -- Optimi Viri Sanctissimique : Augustins Konzept Einer Synthese Von Askese Und Pastoral In De Moribus 1,65-80. Eine Replik Auf Manichäische Polemik / Andreas Grote -- Did Augustine Win His Debate With Fortunatus? / Jason D. Beduhn -- Secundinus In Der Diskussion Mit Augustinus über Das Malum : Beobachtungen Zu Den Augustinischen Quellen Der Epistula Secundini / Andreas Hoffmann -- The Disputation With Felix : Themes And Modalities Of Augustine's Polemic / Giulia Sfameni Gasparro -- Apokryph Gewordene Schriften? Gedanken Zum Apokryphenbegriff Bei Grosskirchlichen Autoren Und In Einigen Gnostischen Texten / Tobias Nicklas -- Quellen Regen An : Beobachtungen Zum Gnostischen Sondergut Der Refutatio Omnium Haeresium / Clemens Scholten -- Motifs Et Expressions Mystiques Dans L'Évangile De Judas / Madeleine Scopello -- The Gospel Of Judas And Early Christian Eucharist / Gerard Rouwhorst -- After The Gospel Of Judas : Reassessing What We Have Known To Be True About Cain And Judas / April D. Deconick -- The Song Of The Commoner : The Gnostic Call In Yezidi Oral Tradition / Eszter Spät. Edited By Jacob Albert Van Den Berg ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Bibliography Johannes Van Oort: P. [xi]-xxxv. English, French, And German. Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 12 Bibliography Johannes van Oort......Page 13 List of Contributers......Page 36 PART ONE: STUDIES IN AUGUSTINE: CONFESSIONS, SERMONS, LETTERS & DE HAERESIBUS; AUGUSTINE ON GRACE & PLURALISM; AUGUSTINIAN ‘GNOSIS’......Page 41 1. Annemaré Kotzé: Protreptic, Paraenetic and Augustine's Confessions......Page 42 2. Therese Fuhrer: Allegorical Reading and Writing in Augustine's Confessions......Page 64 3. Josef Lössl: Augustine's Confessions as a Consolation of Philosophy......Page 86 4. Anthony Dupont: 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?......Page 114 5. Vincent Hunink: ‘Practicing What He Had Taught’: Augustine's Sermons on Cyprian......Page 136 6. Sigrid Mratschek: Die Ungeschriebenen Briefe des Augustinus von Hippo......Page 148 7. Gian Ackermans: Einige Rechtliche und Theologische Fragen zu den Abeloitae in Augustins De Haeresibus......Page 162 8. Daniela Müller: Der Augustinische Häresiebegriff als Grundlage für die Ketzerverfolgung im Mittelalter......Page 178 9. Marcel Poorthuis: Judaism, Augustine and Pope Benedict XVI on the Plurality of Opinions......Page 194 10. Matthias Smalbrugge: Le Fils Prodigue Vu Par Augustin: Un Pas Vers l’Exclusivisme de la Grâce......Page 212 11. Paul Hendrik Fick: Traces of Augustinian ‘Gnosis’ in Julianus Pomperius’ De Vita Contemplativa......Page 228 PART TWO: STUDIES IN MANICHAEISM: ORIGINS & MYTH; DOCTRINES & CULT; DIFFUSION & ART......Page 238 12. Eugenia Smagina: The Manichaean Cosmogonical Myth as a ‘Re-Written Bible’......Page 240 13. Samuel N.C. Lieu & John S. Sheldon: Simplicius on Manichaean Cosmogony......Page 256 14. Nils Arne Pedersen: The Veil and Revelation of the Father of Greatness......Page 268 15. Majella Franzmann: The Treasure of the Manichaean Spiritual Life......Page 274 16. Iain Gardner: Manichaean Ritual Practice at Ancient Kells: A New Understanding of the Meaning and Function of the So-Called Prayer of the Emanations......Page 284 17. Tamila Mgaloblishvili & Stephen H. Rapp Jr.: Manichaeism in Late Antique Georgia?......Page 302 18. Erica C.D. Hunter: Syriac Sources and Manichaeism: A Four Hundred Year Trajectory......Page 330 19. Jorinde Ebert: The ‘Five Elements’ in Manichaean Art......Page 340 20. Zsuzsanna Gulácsi: The Central Asian Roots of a Chinese Manichaean Silk Painting in the Collection of the Yamato Bunkakan, Nara, Japan......Page 354 21. Takao Moriyasu: The Discovery of Manichaean Paintings in Japan and their Historical Background......Page 378 PART THREE: STUDIES IN MANICHAEISM AND AUGUSTINE:DOCTRINES; POLEMICS & DEBATESWITHMANICHAEAN CONTEMPORARIES......Page 400 22. J. Kevin Coyle: Jesus, Mani, and Augustine......Page 402 23. Concetta Giuffrè Scibona: The Doctrine of the Soul in Manichaeism and Augustine......Page 416 24. Gunner Mikkelsen: Augustine and His Sources: The ‘Devil's Snares and Birdlime’ in the Mouths of Manichaeans in East and West......Page 458 25. Byard Bennett: Globus Horribilis: The Role of the Bolos in Manichaean Eschatology and its Polemical Transformation in Augustine's Anti-Manichaean Writings......Page 466 26. Andreas E.J. Grote: Optimi Viri Sanctissimique: Augustins Konzept Einer Synthese von Askese und Pastoral in De Moribus 1, 65-80. Eine Republik auf Manichäische Polemik......Page 480 27. Jason David BeDuhn: Did Augustine Win His Debate With Fortunatus?......Page 502 28. Andreas Hoffmann: Secundinus in der Diskussion Mit Augustinus Über das Malum: Beobachtungen Zu den Augustinischen Quellen der Epistula Secundini......Page 520 29. Giulia Sfameni Gasparro: The Disputation With Felix: Themes and Modalities of Augustine's Polemic......Page 558 PART FOUR: STUDIES IN ‘OTHER GNOSTICISM’: GNOSTICISM AND ‘APOCRYPHAL’ TEXTS; SOURCES OF (PS.) HIPPOLYTUS’ REFUTATIO; THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS; MODERN YESIDI GNOSTICISM......Page 584 30. Tobias Nicklas: ‚Apokryph Gewordene Schriften‘? Gedanken Zum Apokryphenbegriff Bei Großkirchlichen Autoren Und In Einigen ‚Gnostischen‘ Texten......Page 586 31. Clemens Scholten: Quellen Regen An: Beobachtungen Zum ‚Gnostischen Sondergut‘ Der Refutatio Omnium Haeresium......Page 606 32. Madeleine Scopello: Motifs et Expressions Mystiques Dans l'Evangile de Judas......Page 632 33. Gerard Rouwhorst: The Gospel of Judas and Early Christian Eucharist......Page 650 34. April D. DeConick: After the Gospel of Judas: Reassessing What We Have Known To Be True About Cain and Judas......Page 666 35. Eszter Spät: The Song of the Commoner: The Gnostic Call in Yezidi Oral Tradition......Page 702 Index of Names......Page 724 Illustrations......Page 746 The The The The The The veil and revelation of the father of greatness treasure of the Manichaean spiritual life Manichaean ritual practice at Ancient Kellis : a new understanding of the meaning and function of the so-called Prayer of the emanations Manichaeism in Late Antique Georgia? Syriac sources and Manichaeism : a four hundred year trajectory 'five elements' in Manichaean art central Asian roots of a Chinese Manichaean silk painting in the collection of the Yamato Bunkakan, Nara, Japan 315 discovery of Manichaean paintings in Japan and their historical background Jesus, Mani, and Augustine doctrine of the soul in Manichaeism and Augustine Augustine and his sources : the "devil's snares and birdlime" in the mouths of Manichaeans in east and west Globus horribilis : the role of the bolos in Manichaean eschatology and its polemical transformation in Augustine's anti-Manichaean writings Nils Arne Pedersen -- Majella Franzmann -- Iain Gardner -- Tamila Mgaloblishvili Stephen H. Rapp Jr. -- Erica Hunter -- Jorinde Ebert -- Zsuzsanna Gulácsi -- Takao Moriyasu -- J. Kevin Coyle -- Concetta Giuffrè Scibona -- Gunner Mikkelsen -- Byard Bennett 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 This Volume In Honour Of Prof. Dr. Johannes Van Oort Offers A Rich Variety Of In-depth Studies On Augustine, Manichaeism, And Other Gnostic Currents, Thus Reflecting The Rich Variety Of The Honorand’s Research Interests.