Pauline and Manichean influences in Saint Augustine’s De Genesi adversus Manichaeos

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https://doi.org/10.30827/floril.v31i.20937

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Augustine, Manichaeism, Genesis, creation, hermeneutics

Abstract

In 388, urged by the ambrosian and pauline exegesis, Augustine attempted his first interpretation of Genesis’s opening chapters – truly an obsession that will accompany him throughout his life. Although driven by the initial purpose of refuting Manichaeism, in fact this hermeneutical passion for the Creation account – to which he would return on four other occasions – allows new ways of thinking the Scriptures. This work aims to read De Genesi adversus Manichaeos in the light of both Augustine's manichaean past and that of the structure and language of 1 Corinthians.

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2021-10-15

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Ramos, P. (2021). Pauline and Manichean influences in Saint Augustine’s De Genesi adversus Manichaeos. Florentia Iliberritana, 31, 109–127. https://doi.org/10.30827/floril.v31i.20937

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