Autor:
Samuel N. C. Lieu, Iain M. F. Gardner
Herausgeber:
Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsdatum:
13.04.2012
Informationen zum Autor Dr Iain Gardner is Chair and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Studies in Religion! Sydney University. He has published widely in Coptic and Manichaean studies! including the standard The Kephalaia of the Teacher (1995). He is also editor for the newly found Manichaean texts from the Dakhleh Oasis. Samuel Nan-Chiang Lieu is Professor of Ancient History and Co-Director of the Ancient History Documentary Research Centre! Macquarie University. He is the author of many books including The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars II AD 363-630 (with G. Greatrex! 2002)! From Constantine to Julian: Pagan and Byzantine Views (with D. A. S. Montserrat! 1996)! The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 226-363 (with M. Dodgeon! 1991! revised 1994! 1996). Klappentext Founded by Mani (c. AD 216-276)! a Syrian visionary of Judaeo-Christian ancestry from Persian Mesopotamia! Manichaeism spread rapidly into the Roman Empire in the third and fourth centuries AD and became one of the most persecuted heresies under Christian Roman emperors. This collection of sources draws from material mostly unknown to English-speaking scholars and students. The religion established missionary cells in Syria! Egypt! North Africa and Rome and included Augustine of Hippo as the most famous of its converts. Zusammenfassung This 2004 book is a 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The life of Mani; 3. Manichaeism in the Roman Empire; 4. The scriptures of Mani; 5. Teachings; 6. Worship and ethic; 7. Community texts.
Klappentext
Founded by Mani (c. AD 216-276), a Syrian visionary of Judaeo-Christian ancestry from Persian Mesopotamia, Manichaeism spread rapidly into the Roman Empire in the third and fourth centuries AD and became one of the most persecuted heresies under Christian Roman emperors. This collection of sources draws from material mostly unknown to English-speaking scholars and students. The religion established missionary cells in Syria, Egypt, North Africa and Rome and included Augustine of Hippo as the most famous of its converts.
Zusammenfassung
This 2004 book is a 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.
Inhalt
1. Introduction; 2. The life of Mani; 3. Manichaeism in the Roman Empire; 4. The scriptures of Mani; 5. Teachings; 6. Worship and ethic; 7. Community texts.
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