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1 online resource. |
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Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies,
0929-2470 ;
46
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Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 46.
0929-2470
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Preliminary Material -- Foreword / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- Abbreviations -- Manichaean Myth According to the Coptic Sources / Manfred Heuser -- Introduction / Manfred Heuser -- Primal Condition / Manfred Heuser -- Time-Frame of the Mythic Events / Manfred Heuser -- Cosmogonic Past / Manfred Heuser -- Soteriological Present and the History of Humankind / Manfred Heuser -- Eschatological Future / Manfred Heuser -- Groups of Gods and Ranges of Concepts / Manfred Heuser -- Concluding Comments / Manfred Heuser -- Selected Studies / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- Use of Scripture in Manichaeism / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- Manichaean Doctrine of the Old and the New Man / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- Fair Form, the Hideous Form and the Transformed Form: On the Form Principle in Manichaeism / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- 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 ParinirvÄna: 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. |
| Summary |
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 essays on Manichaeism by Hans-Joachim Klimkeit. The essays are concerned, inter alia, with Manichaean art and symbolism, including newly found examples of Manichaean art from Central Asia. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Manichean art.
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Manichean literature.
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| Added Author |
Klimkeit, Hans-Joachim.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9004107169 9789004107168 (DLC) 98005356 (OCoLC)38311884 |
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9789004440432 (electronic book) |
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9004440437 (electronic book) |
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9004107169 |
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9789004107168 |
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