The 'Anti-Manichaean' Passage in Confessions 3 and its 'Manichaean Audience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4825871 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annemare Kotze (0000-0001-8835-6287, 1Dept. of Ancient Studies, University of Stellenbosch, Arts Building, Merriman Avenue, Stellenbosch, South Africa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 187-200 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Vigiliae Christianae (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-6032 • E-ISSN: 1570-0720 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/157007208x247665 |
| OpenAlex | W2035791801 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The article is an analysis of Confessions 3.6.10 to 3.10.18 to support an argument that many strategies in Augustine's masterpiece are eminently suited to communicate with a Manichaean audience and designed to convince such an audience of the errors of Manichaeism. In Book 3 the narrative reaches the stage of Augustine's life where he joins the Manichees. The description of the encounter presented here, however, is much more than the communication of information on this crucial stage in his spiritual journey. The passage is generally described as strongly anti-Manichaean, but I argue that the argumentative and emotional tone of the passage combined with the amount of space spent on a few core aspects of Manichaeism make the passage an effective protreptic directed at a specific category of 'Manichaean' readers
Argument (complex analysis) · Argumentative · Art · Biblical studies · Epistemology · Literature · Narrative · Order (exchange) · Tone (literature) · Byzantine Studies and History · Chemistry · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2012 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |