Frontiers of faith the Christian encounter with Manichaeism in the Acts of Archelaus / edited by Jason BeDuhn & Paul Mirecki.
| Other author | BeDuhn, Jason. |
| Other author | Mirecki, Paul Allan. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, |
| Description | viii, 178 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Christian encounter with Manichaeism in the Acts of Archelaus |
| Series | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, 0929-2470 ; v. 61 Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 61. ^A1136782 |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-171) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2007031049 |
| ISBN | 9789004161801 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9004161805 (hardback : alk. paper) |