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 Info | Leiden : Brill, [2015] |
| Description | viii, 320 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Nag 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-307) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014032759 |
| ISBN | 9789004234703 ((hardback) : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |