Biblical argument in Manichaean missionary practice
Subtitle: the case of Adimantus and Augustine
By: by Jacob Albert van den Berg
Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies -- v. 70; Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies -- 70.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9789004180345
Notes: Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Radboud University of Nijmegen, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Augustine, manichaeism, and Holy Scripture; title: Purpose; title: Outline of the study; title: Relevance; title: Adimantus : a manichaean missionary. Adimantus' identity; title: Augustine on Adimantus; title: The argument from the Greek abjuration formulae; title: The different regions of Adimantus' activity; title: The relationship between the names 'Adimantus' and 'Addas; title: Adimantus = Pappos?; title: Adimantus' biography; title: Adimantus' background; title: Adimantus as a member of Mani's church; title: Adimantus' missionary journeys; title: Mani's missionary precepts and Adimantus; title: Adimantus' missionary activities; title: Provisional conclusions; title: Adimantus' Disputationes : a reconstruction. Introduction; title: Augustine's acquaintance with the Disputationes; title: The years of Augustine's priesthood; title: The Manichaean years; title: Disputationes refuted in Contra adimantum; title: The structure of Contra adimantum; title: Double answers; title: (Parts of) sermons in Contra adimantum; title: Contra adimantum : preliminary conclusion; title: Adimantus' Disputationes in Contra adimantum; title: Disputationes disproved in sermons; title: Introduction; title: Sermons discussing disputations also refuted in Contra adimantum; title: Sermons discussing disputations not mentioned in Contra adimantum; title: The Disputationes in other works of Augustine; title: Introduction; title: Contra faustum; title: De Genesi adversus Manichaeos; title: De Genesi ad litteram libri duodecim; title: Adimantus' Disputationes : a reconstruction of its contents; title: Analysis of the Disputationes : its method, contents, and purposes. Introduction; title: Bible texts; title: Method and limitations; title: The Old Testament quotations; title: The New Testament quotations; title: Exegetical methods of the Disputationes; title: The methodological application of 'antitheses'; title: The literal sense; title: Did Adimantus ignore the context?; title: Contents of the Disputationes; title: Subjects of the Disputationes; title: Arguments quoted in full; title: Evaluation; title: The form of the Disputationes; title: The target group of the Disputationes; title: The relevance of the Old Testament to Adimantus; title: The importance attached to the New Testament; title: The literary context of the Disputationes. Introduction; title: Relevance; title: Method; title: The Contra faustum and the Capitula; title: Writings against the superstitio of the Jews; title: Writings against the deceit of the 'semi-christiani'; title: Faustus' introduction to his Capitula; title: Adimantus' fame as 'Paraclete'; title: Adimantus' criticism of Christ's genealogies; title: Adimantus' criticism of positive references to the Hebrew Bible; title: Concluding remarks; title: Other works; title: The Modion; title: Adimantus on the Manichaean myth; title: The Kephalaia; title: Evaluation; title: Conclusions and suggestions for further research.