Pentadic redaction in the Manichaean Kephalaia /

Discovered in 1929, the Manichaean Kephalaia have opened up an important window on the early development of Manichaean doctrine. This study identifies a significant redactional tendency whereby the compilers of the text sought to clarify ambiguities in "canonical" Manichaean tradition by m...

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Main Author: Pettipiece, Timothy.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 66.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2009, ISBN: 9789004222724.

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Mani.

Kephalaia.

Bearbeitung.

Manichaeism.

Symbolism of numbers.

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Call Number: BT1410 .P48 2009

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Table of Contents:

Preliminary Materials
Introduction
Chapter One. Basic Ontological Patterning
Chapter Two. Theological Patterning I: Light-Realm
Chapter Three. Theological Patterning II: Dark-Realm
Chapter Four. Other Types Of Patterning
Conclusions and Implications
Note On Translations
Chapter 2. The Second, On The Parable Of The Tree
Chapter 3. The Interpretation Of Happiness, Wisdom, And Power; What They Mean
Chapter 4. On The Four Great Days, Which Have Come From One Another; Along With The Four Nights
Chapter 6. On The Five Storehouses Which Have Poured Forth From The Land Of Darkness From The Beginning; The Five Archons, The Five Spirits, The Five Bodies, (And) The Five Tastes
Chapter 7. The Seventh, On The Five Fathers
Chapter 9. The Interpretation Of The (Sign Of) Peace, What It Means, The Right Hand, The Kiss, The Adoration
Chapter 10. On The Meaning Of The Fourteen [Great] Aeons About Which Sethel Spoke In [His] Prayer
Chapter 12. On The Meaning Of The Five Words Which Are Proclaimed Mntparapehout In The Cosmos
Chapter 13. On The Five Saviours, Resurrectors Of The Dead, Along With The Five Resurrections
Chapter 14. The Meaning Of The Silence, The Fast, [The Peace], The Day, [And] The Rest; What They Mean
Chapter 15. [On The] . . . Five [Parts(?)]66 . . . World Of . . .
Chapter 16. [On The Five] Greatnesses Which Have [Come] Out Against The Darkness
Chapter 18. [On The Five] Wars [Which The] Sons Of Light Waged With [The Sons] Of Darkness
Chapter 19. On The Five Releases: What They Mean
Chapter 20. The Chapter On The Name Of The Fathers
Chapter 21. On The Father Of Greatness, How He Is Established And Defined
Chapter 24. [On The Times . . .]
Chapter 25. On The Five126 [Fathers: From Which Limbs They Have Come]
Chapter 27. On The Five Forms Which Exist In The Archon{S} Of Darkness
Chapter 33. On The Five Things That He Constructed With The Hard Bodies Of The Archons
Chapter 37. On The Three Zones
Chapter 38. On The Light-Mind, The Apostles, And The Saints
Chapter 39. On The Three Days And The Two Deaths
Chapter 48. On The Conduits(?)
Chapter 57. On The Generation Of Adam
Chapter 65b. (On The Five Qualities Of The Sun)
Chapter 68. On Fire
Chapter 69. On The Twelve Signs Of The Zodiac And The Five Stars
Chapter 70. On The Body, That It Was Made To Resemble The Cosmos
Chapter 91. On The Catechumen, Who Is Saved In A Single Body
Chapter 95. The Apostle Asks His Disciples: What Does Cloud Mean?
Chapter 100. On The Dragon, The One With Fourteen Heads; What Is It And . . .
Chapter 103. On The Five Wonderworks That The Light-Mind Reveals In The Elect
Chapter 104. On Food, That It Is Appointed To Five Products In The Human Body
Chapter 107. On The Kind Of Speech That . . .
Chapter 111. On The Four Qualities That Are Found In The Eye And The Fifth, Which Is Hidden In Them; To Whom They Belong
Chapter 112b. (On The Five Things Revealed By Jesus)
Chapter 137. On The Five Types Of Brotherhood That Are Distinct From One Another
Chapter 146. The Old Man Has Five Foods To Live On; The Newman Has Five Others
Chapter 148. On The Five Books, That They Belong To Five Fat.

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