Studies in Manichaean Literature and Art /

Studies in Manichaean Literature and Art /

This volume consists of two sections, written by the two authors. The first section contains a study by Manfred Heuser on The Manichaean Myth According to Coptic Sources . This is the first systematic presentation of the basic myth as reflected in Coptic material. The second part is a collection of...

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Main Authors: Heuser, Manfred (Author), Klimkeit, Hans-Joachim (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1998.

Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; 46.

Subjects:

Manichean art.
Manichean literature.

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Call Number: BT1410

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Foreword /
  • Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
  • Abbreviations
  • The Manichaean Myth According to the Coptic Sources /
  • Manfred Heuser
  • Introduction /
  • Manfred Heuser
  • The Primal Condition /
  • Manfred Heuser
  • The Time-Frame of the Mythic Events /
  • Manfred Heuser
  • The Cosmogonic Past /
  • Manfred Heuser
  • The Soteriological Present and the History of Humankind /
  • Manfred Heuser
  • The Eschatological Future /
  • Manfred Heuser
  • Groups of Gods and Ranges of Concepts /
  • Manfred Heuser
  • Concluding Comments /
  • Manfred Heuser
  • Selected Studies /
  • Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
  • The Use of Scripture in Manichaeism /
  • Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
  • The Manichaean Doctrine of the Old and the New Man /
  • Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
  • The Fair Form, the Hideous Form and the Transformed Form: On the Form Principle in Manichaeism /
  • Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
  • The Gate as a Symbol in Manichaeism /
  • Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
  • Apocryphal Gospels in Central and East Asia /
  • Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
  • Manichaean Kingship: Gnosis at Home in the World /
  • Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
  • Temporal and Spiritual Power in Central Asian Manichaeism /
  • Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
  • Adaptations to Buddhism in East Iranian and Central Asian Manichaeism /
  • Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
  • Jesus' Entry into Parinirvāna: Manichaean Identity in Buddhist Central Asia /
  • Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
  • On the Nature of Manichaean Art /
  • Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
  • Indian Motifs in Manichaean Art /
  • Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
  • Manichaean Art on the Silk Road /
  • Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
  • Bibliography.