Manichaeism in Mesopotamia and the Roman East

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-90-04-09742-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 118, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 749 g

Reihe: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World

The study of Manichaeism, the first Gnostic world religion, has made major advances in the last few decades thanks to the continuing discovery and decipherment of genuine Manichaean texts from Egypt and Central Asia. This work brings together a number of major articles by the author published between 1981 and 1992 on the history of the sect in Mesopotamia and the Roman Empire. The studies have all been up-dated in the light of newly published material.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lieu, S N C

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religion des alten Ägyptens

Über Autor(innen)

Samuel N. C. Lieu is Professor of Ancient History and Co-Director of the Ancient History Documentary Research Centre at Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia). He is also Associate Editor of the UNESCO-sponsored Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum project. The second volume of his collected essays, Manichaeism in Central Asia and China, is also published by (Brill,1998).