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Mani at the court of the Persian kings : studies on the Chester Beatty Kephalaia codex

Title
Mani at the court of the Persian kings : studies on the Chester Beatty Kephalaia codex / by Iain Gardner, Jason BeDuhn, Paul Dilley.
Publication
  • Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
  • ©2015

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Additional Authors
  • Gardner, Iain
  • BeDuhn, Jason
  • Dilley, Paul
Description
viii, 320 pages : map; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; volume 87
Uniform Title
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 87.
Alternative Title
  • Studies on the Chester Beatty Kephalaia codex
  • Chester Beatty Kephalaia codex
Subject
  • Mani, active 3rd century
  • Kephalaia
  • Manichaeism
  • Manichaeism > Iran
  • Sassanids > Religion
  • Coptic manuscripts (Papyri) > Egypt
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 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 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 Beduhn.
Call Number
JFE 15-825
ISBN
  • 9789004234703
  • 9004234705
  • 9789004282629 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9004282629 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2014032759
OCLC
889167361
Title
Mani at the court of the Persian kings : studies on the Chester Beatty Kephalaia codex / by Iain Gardner, Jason BeDuhn, Paul Dilley.
Publisher
Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; volume 87
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 87.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Gardner, Iain, author.
BeDuhn, Jason, author.
Dilley, Paul, author.
Research Call Number
JFE 15-825
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