The Chapters of the Wisdom of My Lord Mani (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies) (English and Greek Edition) - Hardcover

Iain Gardner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 900436336X ISBN 13: 9789004363366

Publisher: BRILL, 2018

Synopsis

The Chapters of the Wisdom of My Lord Mani recounts Mani’s mission, teachings and debates in the courts of the Sasanian empire. The first of four fascicles constituting the editio princeps of one of the largest papyrus manuscripts ever recovered.

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About the Author

Jason BeDuhn, Ph.D. (1995), Indiana University, is Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions at Northern Arizona University. He is the author of The Manichaean Body (Baltimore, 2000) and Augustine’s Manichaean Dilemma (Philadelphia, 2010/2013).

Paul C. Dilley, Ph.D. (2008), Yale University, is Assistant Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Monasteries and the Care of Souls in Late Antique Christianity: Cognition and Discipline (Cambridge, 2017).

Iain Gardner, Ph.D. (1983), University of Manchester, is Professor of the History of Religions at Sydney University. He has published widely on Manichaean studies, and edited many original papyri in Coptic, notably on behalf of the Dakhleh Oasis Project.

Review

"... it is extremely helpful to have [...] the text available in an edition of the Coptic text with facing English translation." Paul Foster, University of Edinburgh, The Expository Times 130(3)

Edition details

• Publisher: BRILL
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 900436336X
• ISBN 13: 9789004363366
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 224