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Manichaeism

An Ancient Faith Rediscovered [Hardback]

by Nicholas John Baker-Brian

    • Author

      Nicholas John Baker-Brian

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Published

      February 2011

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    Manichaeism

    Today's Price £144.11

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    Product Description

    This is the first general comprehensive introduction to Manichaeism aimed at a non-specialist and undergraduate readership. This study will be a historical and theological introduction to Manichaeism. It will comprise a biographical treatment of the founder Mani, situating his personality, his writings and his ideas within the Aramaic Christian tradition of third century (CE) Mesopotamia. It will provide a historical treatment of the Manichaean church in late antiquity (250-700 CE), detailing the emergence of Manichaeism in the late Roman and Byzantine empires, in addition to examining the continuation of Manichaean traditions in the eastern world (China) up to the thirteenth century and beyond. The book will consider the theology of Mani's system, with the aim of providing a clear-eyed treatment of the cosmogonic, scriptural and ecclesiological ideas forming its foundations. The study will base its analysis on original Manichaean literary sources, together with rehabilitating the representation of Manichaeism in those writings that polemicised against the religion.The study will aim to demonstrate the highly syncretic nature of Manichaeism, and will look to move forward 'traditional' perceptions of the religion as being simply a form of Christian Gnostic Dualism.

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    • Author

      Nicholas John Baker-Brian

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Published

      February 2011

    • Weight

      400g

    • Page Count

      208

    • Dimensions

      153 x 234 x 18 mm

    • ISBN

      9780567031662

    • ISBN-10

      0567031667

    • Eden Code

      3087638

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    • Author/Creator: Nicholas John Baker-Brian

    • ISBN: 9780567031662

    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Release Date: February 2011

    • Weight: 400g

    • Dimensions: 153 x 234 x 18 mm

    • Eden Code: 3087638

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