Manichaean texts from the Roman Empire / edited by Iain Gardner and Samuel N.C. Lieu.

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TextLanguage: English Original language: Coptic, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Latin Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 312 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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0511210515
9780511210518
052156090X
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9780521568227
0511215886
9780511215889
0511212283
9780511212284
051121409X
9780511214097
9780511616891
0511616899
1280515902
9781280515903
9786610515905
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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Manichaean texts from the Roman Empire.DDC classification:

299/.932 22

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BT1410 .M315 2004eb

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11.19
11.51

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Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes for the reader; Abbreviations; chapter 1 Introduction; chapter 2 The life of Mani; chapter 3 Manichaeism in the Roman Empire; chapter 4 The scriptures of Mani; chapter 5 Teachings; chapter 6 Worship and ethic; chapter 7 Community texts; List and concordance of texts; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: This is the first ever single-volume collection of sources for Manichaeism, a world religion founded by Mani which spread rapidly from Mesopotamia into the Roman Empire in the third and fourth centuries AD and became one of the most persecuted heresies under Christian Roman emperors.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-306) and index.

This is the first ever single-volume collection of sources for Manichaeism, a world religion founded by Mani which spread rapidly from Mesopotamia into the Roman Empire in the third and fourth centuries AD and became one of the most persecuted heresies under Christian Roman emperors.