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his publication offers a historical, literary, and theological study of the treatise 'Aduersus Manichaeos', attributed to Evodius of Uzalis. Evodius was a friend and contemporary of Augustine of Hippo. His anti-Manichaean treatise 'Aduersus Manichaeos' constitutes an important source on both the Christian church as well as the Manichaean movement in the Latin world in the fifth century. Nevertheless, because the treatise bears witness to the influence of the anti-Manichaean writings of Augustine of Hippo, it has not yet been systematically studied on its own. As a result, much of its historical circumstances have been shrouded in mystery.0This volume is the result of the doctoral research of Aäron Vanspauwen (KU Leuven). The volume reconstructs the circumstances in which 'Aduersus Manichaeos' was written, and studies the treatise in relation to its fifth-century North African context. This publication complements the study of 'Aduersus Manichaeos' with a new critical edition of the original Latin text of the treatise, including a facing English translation.

Christian literature. --- Religious literature.

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"This volume presents the original text, accompanied by an English translation and commentary, of a hitherto unpublished Syriac composition, entitled the Marvels Found in the Great Cities and in the Seas and on the Islands. Produced by an unknown East Syrian Christian author during the late medieval or early modern period, this work offers a loosely organized catalogue of marvellous events, phenomena, and objects, natural as well as human-made, found throughout the world. The Marvels is a unique composition in that it bears witness to the creative adoption by Syriac Christians of the paradoxographical literary mode of ‘aǧā’ib that enjoyed great popularity among their Arabic- and Persian-speaking Muslim neighbours. In this composition, the East Syrian author blends together a number of different paradoxographical traditions: some inherited from the earlier Christian works in Syriac, such as the Alexander Romance, some borrowed directly or indirectly from Muslim geographical and other works, and some, apparently, circulating as a part of local oral lore. Combining entertainment and didacticism, he provides his audience with a fascinating panorama of imaginary geography, which at the same time has unmistakable Christian features.This edition makes a fascinating Syriac work available to a wider audience, and provides detailed insights into the rich assortment of traditions creatively woven together by its author. Thanks to the combination of the original text, English translation and commentary, it will be of interest to scholars and readers alike."

Christian literature, Syriac. --- Syriac Christian literature --- Syriac literature --- Syriac composition; Marvels Found in the Great Cities and in the Seas and on the Islands; East Syrian Christian author; late medieval perios; early modern period

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The Acta Martyrum Scillitanorum is the first martyr text in Latin, and one of the earliest documents in Christian Latin. This short text presents a group of young Christians facing trial in Carthage before a Roman judge on July 17th, 180 A.D. This is the first full commentary on this important text in English. It studies the fiery altercation between the defendants and the Roman proconsul, highlighting the rhetorical and narrative aspects of the original Latin (and the Greek translation from late antiquity). Throughout the book, much attention is paid to the communication, or miscommunication, between antagonists. For this dramatic and narrative approach to the text, the Acta Martyrum Scillitanorum may be taken as it is: a coherent body of text, describing an altercation that either took place exactly like that, or was deemed by the author to be probable and natural, that is, a plausible and convincing dialogue between contrasting characters in a Roman judicial context.

235.3*14 --- 235.3*14 Hagiografie: martyrium --- Hagiografie: martyrium --- Christian literature --- Martyrdom --- Martyrs. --- Littérature chrétienne --- History and criticism. --- Christianity --- Histoire et critique --- Scillitani Martyres

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Cet ouvrage met en regard, dans l’Europe catholique, protestante et orthodoxe, les catéchismes avec les littératures d’inspiration chrétienne destinées à l’enfance, en suivant un parcours chronologique et cartographique qui va des textes de la Réforme et de la Contre-réforme jusqu’aux ouvrages littéraires du xixe et du xxe siècle. Son originalité réside dans cette approche comparatiste et interdisciplinaire, qui a ouvert un dialogue fécond entre les historiens des religions et les spécialistes de littérature de jeunesse. Il met en perspective le rôle des catéchismes avec la naissance et le développement d’une production pour l’enfance, dont l’évolution a varié selon les confessions et les pays. Des genres et des formes multiples, dont le volume offre un riche panorama (hagiographies, biographies pieuses, fictions moralisatrices, romans, traductions et adaptations) ont été mis au service d’un dessein d’édification et d’apologétique, notamment en France et dans les pays de confession catholique ; l’ouvrage met en relation des textes très divers, qui empruntent les codes de la fiction et de l’écriture littéraire (choix énonciatifs, narration, fictionnalisation, utilisation de l’image). Dans un contexte européen, on rencontre aussi d’authentiques écrivains, auteurs d’œuvres animées par une pensée religieuse, qui se distinguent par l’invention romanesque et l’originalité de l’écriture.

Christian literature for children --- Catechisms --- Children's literature, European --- Religious education of children --- History and criticism --- Religious aspects --- Religion --- History --- Literature --- catholicisme --- protestantisme --- histoire des religions --- littérature de jeunesse --- catéchisme

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Many works of Syriac literature, including some now lost, were translated into Sogdian, a language of the Iranian family. This Dictionary makes the whole material accessible to both Iranists and Syriacists, giving a full semantic and morphological analysis of the attested Christian Sogdian vocabulary. The first part, arranged by Sogdian lemmata, also indicates the various Syriac words which each Sogdian form translates, while the second part, arranged by Syriac lemmata, shows all possible ways of translating any Syriac word into Sogdian. A comprehensive English index adds to the utility of the work. — Since the appearance of the first edition of this Dictionary in 2016, a series of major text-editions have completed the publication of the whole extant Christian Sogdian literature, making this the appropriate time for a new and complete edition of the Dictionary.

Sogdian language --- Syriac language --- Sogdien (Langue) --- Syriaque (Langue) --- Dictionaries --- Syriac --- English --- Sogdian --- Dictionnaires syriaques --- Dictionnaires anglais --- Dictionnaires sogdiens --- Sogdien (langue) --- Syriaque (langue) --- Anglais (langue) --- Dictionnaires multilingues --- Littérature chrétienne primitive. --- Christian literature, Sogdian --- Littérature chrétienne sogdienne --- Syriac. --- English. --- Sogdian.