Manichaean Texts in Syriac: First Editions, New Editions and Studies (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum: Series Syriaca, 1) - Hardcover

Pedersen, Nils Arne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2503550258 ISBN 13: 9782503550251

Publisher: Brepols Publishers, 2013

Synopsis

This is the first major work devoted entirely to the Aramaic-Syriac roots of Manichaeism containing inter alia editiones principes of hitherto unknown Syriac-Manichaean texts as well as other editions, studies of the palaeography and origin of the earliest specimens of Manichaean script, interpretation of the texts in the context of Enochic Jewish literature and early Syriac literature, an art-historical study of the Mani seal, as well as photo plates of all the manuscripts edited in the volume.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503550258
• ISBN 13: 9782503550251
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 396
• Editor: Pedersen Nils Arne, Larsen John Moller