| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 284 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), color facsimiles |
| Series |
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, 0929-2470 ; v. 64 |
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Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 64.
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| Contents |
A religion of deeds : scepticism in the doctrinally liberal Manichaeism of Faustus and Augustine / Jason David BeDuhn -- The conversation of John the Orthodox with a Manichaean : an analysis of its sources and its significance for Manichaean studies / Byard Bennett -- The Mani Logion : "the purification that was spoken about is that which comes through gnosis" (CMC 84, 9-12) / Luigi Cirillo -- Manichaeism among the Uygurs : the Uygur Khan of the Bokug clan / Larry Clark -- Manichaean time-management : laymen between religious and secular duties / Iris Colditz -- Characteristics of Manichaeism in Roman Africa / J. Kevin Coyle -- Mani's account of other religions acording to the Coptic Synaxeis codex / Wolf-Peter Funk -- How we know the exact year the Archegos left Baghdad / Cyril Glassé -- An experiment in digital reconstruction with a Manichaean book painting : the work of the religion scene (MIK III 4974 recto) / Zsuzsanna Gulácsi -- The Manichaean Church between Earth and Paradise / Claudia Leurini -- Medieval Manichaean and Nestorian remains in the Zayton (Quanzhou) of Marco Polo / Samuel N.C. Lieu -- Sukhāvatī and the Light-world : Pure Land elements in the Chinese Manichaean Eulogy of the Light-world / Gunner Mikkelsen -- ʻYmyn ʼʼhynd : the beginning of Mani's psalm Wuzurgān Āfrīwan in Parthian and Middle Persian / Enrico Morano -- A Sogdian version of Mani's Letter of the seal / Christiane Reck -- Snatches of the Middle Iranian "Tale of the five brothers" / Christiane Reck -- A Manichaean collection of letters and a list of Mani's letters in Middle Persian / Werner Sundermann |
| Summary |
Offers discoveries and insights into the Manichaean religion throughout its more than one thousand year history, ranging from glimpses into the life and thought of Mani himself, to developments in doctrine and practice in the religion's North African, Iranian, Central Asian, and Chinese settings |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Manichaeism -- Congresses
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RELIGION -- Gnosticism.
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Manichaeism
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Manichäismus
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
BeDuhn, Jason.
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| ISBN |
9789047426325 |
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9047426320 |
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9789004172852 |
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9004172858 |
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