The Kephalaia of the Teacher

The Kephalaia of the Teacher
Author: Iain Gardner
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2020-10-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004328912

First English translation of the Coptic text (c. 400 CE), with commentaries and indices, to this major source for the teachings of Mani. Manichaeism was the most successful of the gnostic dualistic traditions that challenged the triumph of the imperial Christian Church.

Gnosis

Gnosis
Author: Robert Haardt
Publisher: Brill Archive
Total Pages: 440
Release: 1971
Genre: Gnosticism
ISBN: 9789004069732

An anthology of gnostic writings.

The Gnostic Bible

The Gnostic Bible
Author: Willis Barnstone
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 874
Release: 2006
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1590301994

The most comprehensive collection of gnostic literature ever published, this volume is the result of a unique collaboration between a renowned poet-translator and a leading scholar of early Christian texts.

Religions and Education in Antiquity

Religions and Education in Antiquity
Author: Alex Damm
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2018-10-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004384618

Religions and Education in Antiquity gathers ten essays on teaching and learning in the contexts of ancient Western religions, including Judaism, early Christianity and Gnostic Christian traditions. Beginning with an overview of religious education in the ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean worlds, editor Alex Damm and the contributors together demonstrate the mutual influence of religion and education on each other; the relevance of educational traditions in addressing (for instance) historical or exegetical issues; and the thoroughgoing importance of education to religious life across time and space in antiquity. Highly useful to scholars of religion, theology, classics and education, this volume affords a state of the art study on pedagogy and learning in ancient religious contexts.

Mani at the Court of the Persian Kings

Mani at the Court of the Persian Kings
Author: Iain Gardner
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2014-11-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004282629

In Mani at the Court of the Persian Kings the authors explore evidence arising from their project to edit the Chester Beatty Kephalaia codex. This new text presents Mani at the heart of Sasanian Iran in dialogue with its sages and nobles, acting as a cultural mediator between East and West and interpreter of Christian, Iranian, and Indian traditions. Nine chapters study Mani’s appropriation of the ‘law of Zarades’ and of Iranian epic; suggest a new understanding of his last days; and analyse his formative role in the history of late antique religions. These interdisciplinary studies advance research in several fields and will be of interest to scholars of Manichaeism, Sasanian Iran, and the development of religions in Late Antiquity.

The Manichaeans of the Roman East

The Manichaeans of the Roman East
Author: Rea Matsangou
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 604
Release: 2023-08-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004544224

The Manichaeans of the Roman East is the first monograph that synthesizes an enormous body of primary material to reconstruct the history of East-Roman Manichaeans, from the time their first missionaries arrived in the territory of the Roman East until the disappearance of Manichaeism from the Eastern Roman Empire. Through her systematically comparative and intertextual investigation of the sources, Matsangou provides a number of original approaches to issues such as the classification of Manichaeism, the socio-religious profile and lifestyle of East Roman Manichaeans, the triggers of the severe anti-Manichaean persecutions. She thoroughly analyses the relationship between Manichaean and Christian ascetics for the first time, suggesting a possible Manichaean impact on the rise of ascetic manifestations among Christian ascetics, monks, and individuals in society. By considering the dimensions of the phenomenon of crypto-Manichaeism and using the concept of “entryism”—borrowed from politics—as a theoretical model, Matsangou makes intriguing hypotheses suggesting an alternative explanation for the disappearance of Manichaeism from the Roman East.

Byzantium to China: Religion, History and Culture on the Silk Roads

Byzantium to China: Religion, History and Culture on the Silk Roads
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 694
Release: 2022-07-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004517987

This volume celebrates the outstanding achievements of Samuel N. C. Lieu and his contribution to Manichaean, Roman, Byzantine, and Silk Road Studies. Readers will find his wide range of scholarly interests reflected in the contributions of his colleagues and former students.

Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West

Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West
Author: Johannes van Oort
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2021-11-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004439897

This volume brings together the selected papers of the Fribourg-Utrecht symposium Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West, organized on behalf of the International Association of Manichaean Studies. It contains a considerable number of contributions by leading authorities on the subject, focussing on both the diffusion of Mani’s religion in the Latin West and its substantial impact upon St. Augustine.

The Manichaean Church in Kellis

The Manichaean Church in Kellis
Author: Håkon Fiane Teigen
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2021-06-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004459774

The Manichaean Church in Kellis presents an in-depth study of social organisation within the religious movement known as Manichaeism in Roman Egypt. In particular, it employs papyri from Kellis (Ismant el-Kharab), a village in the Dakhleh Oasis, to explore the socio-religious world of lay Manichaeans in the fourth century CE. Manichaeism has often been perceived as an elitist, esoteric religion. Challenging this view, Teigen draws on social network theory and cultural sociology, and engages with the study of lived ancient religion, in order to apprehend how laypeople in Kellis appropriated Manichaean identity and practice in their everyday lives. This perspective, he argues, not only provides a better understanding of Manichaeism: it also has wider implications for how we understand late antique ‘religion’ as a social phenomenon