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Demonstrative Proof in Defence of God
A Study of Titus of Bostraâs Contra Manichaeos â The Workâs Sources, Aims and Relation to its Contemporary Theology
Series: - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, Volume: 56
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This volume is the first extensive study of a Christian work from the 4th century, Titus of Bostraâs Contra Manichaeos, which is the only text from the early Greek Church setting out a comprehensive theodicy.
The study illuminates the textâs 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.
The study illuminates the textâs 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.
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).
"Il n'est sans doute pas exagéré de saluer la parution du livre de Nils Arne Pedersen comme un événementâ¦Tous ceux que sâintéressent au Contra manichaeos tireront grand profit des analyses fines de Pedersenâ¦" â Paul-Hubert Poirier, Laval théologique et philosophique, 2005
Preface
I. Introduction
II. Summary of Contents
III. Receptions, editions and scholarship history of âContra Manichaeosâ
IV. The historical and literary context for Titus of Bostraâs âContra Manichaeosâ
V. The audience for âContra Manichaeosâ and the portrayal of Manichaeism that Titus wished to present to them
VI. The Manichaean texts used by Titus of Bostra
VII. Titus of Bostraâs philosophical position
VIII. Titus of Bostraâs interpretation of the Paradise narrative
IX. Comparison between the exegesis of Genesis in Titus of Bostra and in a number of writers in âthe Antiochene Schoolâ
X. Summary of the studyâs most important conclusions
XI. Critical examinations of the text
Bibliography
Indices
I. Introduction
II. Summary of Contents
III. Receptions, editions and scholarship history of âContra Manichaeosâ
IV. The historical and literary context for Titus of Bostraâs âContra Manichaeosâ
V. The audience for âContra Manichaeosâ and the portrayal of Manichaeism that Titus wished to present to them
VI. The Manichaean texts used by Titus of Bostra
VII. Titus of Bostraâs philosophical position
VIII. Titus of Bostraâs interpretation of the Paradise narrative
IX. Comparison between the exegesis of Genesis in Titus of Bostra and in a number of writers in âthe Antiochene Schoolâ
X. Summary of the studyâs most important conclusions
XI. Critical examinations of the text
Bibliography
Indices