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OverviewDiscovered 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 means of five-part numerical series. This discovery challenges the conventional wisdom of Manichaean scholarship, which has long maintained that, since Mani recorded his own teachings in a series of what later became canonical writings, Manichaean doctrines were transmitted relatively unchanged from the master to successive generations of disciples. Since this assumption is now called into question, it now becomes necessary to re-evaluate received notions about the shape of both the Manichaean “canon” and “tradition.” Full Product DetailsAuthor: Timothy PettipiecePublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 66 Weight: 0.584kg ISBN: 9789004174368ISBN 10: 9004174362 Pages: 242 Publication Date: 25 March 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments Abbreviations PART I: PENTADIC REDACTION IN THE MANICHAEAN KEPHALAIA Introduction Chapter 1: Basic Ontological Patterning Chapter 2: Theological Patterning I: Light-Realm Chapter 3: Theological Patterning II: Dark-Realm Chapter 4: Other Forms of Patterning Conclusions and Implications PART II: TRANSLATIONS FROM THE KEPHALAIA OF THE TEACHER [BERLIN CODEX] Appendix:: Theodore Bar Khonai’s Résumé of the Manichaean Myth (Annotated Translation) Works Cited IndexReviews...une tres importante contribution aux etudes manicheennes, pour la bonne et simple raison que tout, ou presque, y est neuf. Le lecteur appreciera aussi la precision et la clarte avec lesquelles les resultats de la recherche sont presentes. Paul-Hubert Poirier, Laval theologique et philosophique 'P. has raised interesting questions and pointed the way to some answers.' Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst, Theologische Literaturzeitung 136 (2011) ...une tres importante contribution aux etudes manicheennes, pour la bonne et simple raison que tout, ou presque, y est neuf. Le lecteur appreciera aussi la precision et la clarte avec lesquelles les resultats de la recherche sont presentes. Paul-Hubert Poirier, Laval theologique et philosophique 'P. has raised interesting questions and pointed the way to some answers.' Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst, Theologische Literaturzeitung 136 (2011) Author InformationTimothy Pettipiece, Ph.D (2006) in Sciences des religions at Université Laval, is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Ottawa. He has published a number of articles and chapters on literary aspects of Coptic Manichaean texts. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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