Frontiers of faith the Christian encounter with Manichaeism in the Acts of Archelaus / [electronic resource] : Christian encounter with Manichaeism in the Acts of Archelaus edited by Jason BeDuhn & Paul Mirecki. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007. - viii, 178 p. ; 25 cm. - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, v. 61 0929-2470 ; . - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 61. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-171) and indexes.

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.


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Hegemonius. Acta Archelai.


Manichaeism.
Manichaeism--Controversial literature--History and criticism.
Christianity and other religions--Manichaeism.
Manichaeism--Relations--Christianity.


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