Manichaeism in Mesopotamia and the Roman East
Preliminary material -- MANI AND THE MAGIANS(?) CMC 137-140 /Judith M. Lieu -- FROM MESOPOTAMIA TO THE ROMAN EAST -- FACT AND FICTION IN THE ACTA ARCHELAI -- “FELIX CONVERSUS EX MANICHAEIS” -- SOME THEMES IN LATER ROMAN ANTI-MANICHAEAN POLEMICS -- AN EARLY BYZANTINE FORMULA FOR THE RENUNCIATION OF M...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
1999
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| In: | Year: 1994 |
| Series/Journal: | Religions in the Graeco-Roman world
v. 118 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Byzantine Empire
/ Manichaeism
/ History
B Mesopotamia / Manichaeism / History B Manichaeism / Religious literature B Manichaeism / Polemics B History |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Manichaeism (Rome) B Manichaeism B Rome (Empire) B Religion B Manichaeism (Iraq) B Iraq B Iraq Religion B Rome Religion |
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Erscheint auch als: Manichaeism in Mesopotamia and the Roman East. - Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 1999. - 9789004097421 |
| Summary: | Preliminary material -- MANI AND THE MAGIANS(?) CMC 137-140 /Judith M. Lieu -- FROM MESOPOTAMIA TO THE ROMAN EAST -- FACT AND FICTION IN THE ACTA ARCHELAI -- “FELIX CONVERSUS EX MANICHAEIS” -- SOME THEMES IN LATER ROMAN ANTI-MANICHAEAN POLEMICS -- AN EARLY BYZANTINE FORMULA FOR THE RENUNCIATION OF MANICHAEISM -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- INDEX OF PROPER NAMES -- INDEX OF SOURCES -- RELIGIONS IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD. The study of Manichaeism, the first Gnostic world religion, has made major advances in the last few decades thanks to the continuing discovery and decipherment of genuine Manichaean texts from Egypt and Central Asia. This work brings together a number of major articles by the author published between 1981 and 1992 on the history of the sect in Mesopotamia and the Roman Empire. The studies have all been up-dated in the light of newly published material |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 900429581X |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004295810 |