Abstract:There exists an entrenched notion among modern scholars, which is supported by both Christian and Manichaean texts, that Manicheans rejected the Old Testament as a product of Satan, and yet Manichaean writings also contain numerous loans of various kinds from the Old Testament. The question about the status and role of Jewish scripture in Manichaeism, then, is more complex than is commonly assumed. This article discusses the origin of the Manichaean rejection of the Old Testament in the anti-Manichaean polemic of orthodox Christian authors in the first half of the fourth century. In particular, it analyzes their reaction to Manichaean biblical exegesis and proposes possible sources of their knowledge about the Manichaean position on the Old Testament. Above all, this article argues that the wholesale rejection of the Old Testament as the devil's handiwork reflects less Mani's original teaching than it does later developments in the Manichaean tradition.

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四世纪基督教摩尼教争论中的旧约

摘要：现代学者中有一个根深蒂固的观念，得到基督教和摩尼教文本的支持，即摩尼教拒绝旧约是撒旦的产物，但摩尼教的著作中也包含大量来自旧约的各种借用。那么，关于犹太教经文在摩尼教中的地位和作用的问题比通常假设的要复杂。这篇文章讨论了四世纪上半叶正统基督教作家的反摩尼教论战中摩尼教拒绝旧约的起源。特别是，它分析了他们对摩尼教圣经解经的反应，并提出了他们关于摩尼教对旧约立场的认识的可能来源。首先，