Mani at the court of the Persian kings studies on the Chester Beatty Kephalaia Codex / by Iain Gardner, Jason BeDuhn, Paul Dilley.

Author/creator Gardner, Iain
Other author BeDuhn, Jason.
Other author Dilley, Paul.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden : Brill, [2015]
Descriptionviii, 320 pages ; 25 cm.
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SeriesNag hammadi and manichaean studies, 0929-2470 ; v. 87
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 277-307) and index.
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LCCN 2014032759
ISBN9789004234703 ((hardback) : alk. paper)

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