Manichaean texts from the Roman Empire
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
1 online resource (xviii, 312 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Print version:
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
Translated into English
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