New readings and interpretations of many of the most essential passages in Augustine's Confessions, mainly based on new discoveries of Gnostic-Manichaean texts.
Johannes van Oort is an extra-ordinary professor of Patristics and Early Christianity at the University of Pretoria. He is an emeritus of Utrecht University and Radboud University Nijmegen. His most recent books include Mani and Augustine. Collected Essays on Mani, Manichaeism and Augustine (Brill 2020, reprint 2023) and the edited volume Manichaeism and Early Christianity. Selected Papers from the 2019 Pretoria Congress and Consultation (Brill 2021).
