The Founder of Manichaeism: Rethinking the Life of Mani

ISBN-13: 9781108499071 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 142 str.

Iain Gardner; Jason Beduhn

Opis

A study of the life of Mani using the very latest research, new texts and archaeological discoveries. The history of Manichaeism has been revolutionised by spectacular finds in Egypt, Central Asia and China, to be established as a pivotal Silk Road religion and conduit for ideas between east and west.

Spis treści

1. Introduction to the many lives of Mani – inter-religious polemic and scholarly controversy; 2. Mani's background and early life – who was he and What did he think he was doing?; 3. Mani's career as the 'Apostle of Jesus Christ' – his missions and the community he founded; 4. Mani's death – inter-religious conflict in early Sasanian Iran and the memory of the Apostle.