Mani at the court of the Persian kings : studies on the Chester Beatty Kephalaia Codex

1. Verfasser: Gardner, Iain
Weitere Verfasser: BeDuhn, Jason
Dilley, Paul
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Leiden : Brill, 2015.
Umfang/Format: viii, 320 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 87
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • An introduction to the Chester Beatty Kephalaia Codex
  • Iain Gardner
  • Mani's wisdom at the court of the Persian kings: the genre and context of the Chester Beatty Kephalaia
  • Paul Dilley
  • Parallels between Coptic and Iranian Kephalaia: Goundesh and the King of Touran / Jason David Beduhn
  • The final ten chapters / Iain Gardner
  • Also schrieb Zarathustra? Mani as interpreter of the 'law of zarades' / Paul Dilley
  • Iranian epic in the Chester Beatty Kephalaia / Jason David Beduhn
  • Mani's last days / Iain Gardner
  • 'Hell exists, and we have seen the place where it is': rapture and religious competition in Sasanian Iran / Paul Dilley
  • Mani and the crystallization of the concept of 'religion' in third century Iran / Jason David Beduhn.