Manichaean women in a Pseudo-Augustinian testimony : an analysis of the North African Testimonium de Manichaeis sectatoribus

dc.contributor.authorVan Oort, Johannes (Hans)
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-09T08:08:22Z
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.description.abstractThe article analyses the rather unknown and understudied Testimonium de Manichaeis sectatoribus. This Pseudo-Augustinian text has come down to us in two Latin manuscripts (one from Saint Gervais, Paris; the other from a Vatican codex) and interestingly elucidates the place and role of women among the Manichaeans of Roman Africa. Differences between the MSS lead to the conclusion that, in all likelihood, the text underwent some ‘masculinisation’ in the course of its tradition. In its (in all probability) most original form, i.e., in the MS from Saint Gervais, Manichaean women appear to have played a major role. On the basis of the Testimonium, furthermore, it may be suggested that—at least in Roman Africa—female Manichaeans were (re)named with names that were highly symbolic to the ‘Religion of Light’.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentChurch History and Church Policyen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2019-01-31
dc.description.librarianhb2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/15700720en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Oort, J 2017, 'Manichaean women in a Pseudo-Augustinian testimony : an analysis of the North African Testimonium de Manichaeis sectatoribus', Vigiliae Christianae , vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 85-94.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0042-6032 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1570-0720 (online)
dc.identifier.issn10.1163/15700720-12341258
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/58942
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBrill Academic Publishersen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017 Koninklijke Brill NV.en_ZA
dc.subjectTestimonium de Manichaeis sectatoribusen_ZA
dc.subjectWomenen_ZA
dc.subjectManichaeismen_ZA
dc.subjectAugustine of Hippoen_ZA
dc.subjectPersecutionen_ZA
dc.subjectEarly Christianityen_ZA
dc.subjectRoman North Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectReligious (re)namingen_ZA
dc.titleManichaean women in a Pseudo-Augustinian testimony : an analysis of the North African Testimonium de Manichaeis sectatoribusen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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