| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xx, 405 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-395). |
| Contents |
Introduction : Mani and Manichaeism -- Iranian texts : Hymns to the Father of Light -- Hymns on cosmogony and eschatology -- Hymns to the Living Soul -- Hymns to the Third Messenger -- Hymns to Jesus the Splendor -- Hymns and liturgical texts about Jesus the Messiah -- Texts on the Twelve Dominions of Light -- Hymns to Mani and individual Church leaders -- Hymns for the Church hierarchy and Church dignitaries -- Verses from Parthian hymn cycles -- Miscellaneous verse texts -- A book of prayer and confession -- |
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Diverse liturgical texts -- Prayers, invocations, and incantations -- An index of Parthian hymns -- Parables -- Historical texts -- Prose texts on cosmogony and cosmology -- Prose texts on eschatology -- Texts on the soul and salvation -- Letters and admonitions -- Postscripts -- Turkish texts : Hymns to Mani -- General hymns and prayers --Confessions -- Parables and narratives -- Texts on Jesus, Mani, and the Gods -- Cosmological texts -- Texts on man and his salvation -- Texts on the Manichaean community and Manichaean kingship -- Historical texts --Letters and poscripts. |
| Subject |
Manichaeism -- Asia, Central.
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Asia, Central -- Religion.
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| Added Author |
Klimkeit, Hans-Joachim.
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| ISBN |
0060645865 (alk. paper) : USA $30.00 (Can. $40.00) |
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