The Medinet Madi Library Of Manichaean Codices At 90

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004542938

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The Medinet Madi Library of Manichaean Codices at 90 by Anonim Pdf

The Medinet Madi Library comes of age in this landmark volume as one of the 20th century’s major finds of religious manuscripts. Discovered in Egypt’s Fayum region in 1929, these Coptic codices contain a cross-section of the sacred literature of the Manichaean religion. Early work on the collection in the 1930s was cut short by the ravages of the second world war. Recent decades have brought multiple new editorial projects, on which this volume offers a comprehensive set of status reports, as well as individual studies on aspects of the Manichaean religion informed by the library’s contents.

Author : James M Robinson
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780227903896

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The Manichaean Codices of Medinet Madi by James M Robinson Pdf

The seven Manichaean papyrus codices of the fourth or fifth century were discovered in illicit excavation in 1929 in the Egyptian desert. They were acquired in about equal halves by A. Chester Beatty for his library and by Carl Schmidt for the papyrus collection of the Staatliche Museen of Berlin. Having had access to the inventories, correspondence, and files in Berlin, Robinson provides translations of the German and French documents to increase access to information previously unavailable tothe scholarly community. He narrates the slow and problem-ridden path of the acquisition, conservation, and editing of these important works, including their movements between dealers, collectors, scholars, and the military in Egypt, London, Dublin,Berlin, Schondorf, Gottingen, Warsaw, Leningrad, Los Angeles, Claremont, and Copenhagen.

Author : Kristian S. Heal
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813221663

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Breaking the Mind by Kristian S. Heal Pdf

This collection of sixteen new critical essays offers fresh perspectives on the Book of Steps, adding greater detail and depth to our understanding of the work's intriguing picture of early Syriac asceticism as practiced within the life of a local church and community.

Author : Brent Nongbri
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300240986

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God's Library by Brent Nongbri Pdf

A provocative book from a highly original scholar, challenging much of what we know about early Christian manuscripts In this bold and groundbreaking book, Brent Nongbri provides an up-to-date introduction to the major collections of early Christian manuscripts and demonstrates that much of what we thought we knew about these books and fragments is mistaken. While biblical scholars have expended much effort in their study of the texts contained within our earliest Christian manuscripts, there has been a surprising lack of interest in thinking about these books as material objects with individual, unique histories. We have too often ignored the ways that the antiquities market obscures our knowledge of the origins of these manuscripts. Through painstaking archival research and detailed studies of our most important collections of early Christian manuscripts, Nongbri vividly shows how the earliest Christian books are more than just carriers of texts or samples of handwriting. They are three-dimensional archaeological artifacts with fascinating stories to tell, if we’re willing to listen.

Author : Nils Arne Pedersen
Publisher : Brepols Pub
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 2503510450

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Manichaean homilies by Nils Arne Pedersen Pdf

The Manichaean Homilies was the title which H.J.Polotsky chose for his edition and German translation in 1934 of 48 leaves from a papyrus-codex which, together with some other manuscripts, was found by Egyptian peasants in 1929 in Medinet Madi in the Faijum. These 48 leaves were acquired by Sir A. Chester Beatty and received the designation Chester Beatty Library Codex D. Beattys collection is now in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Photographs of the 48 leaves and some fragments were published in a facsimile edition by S. Giversen in 1986. This, however, is a new critical edition of the manuscript itself.

Author : Iain Gardner,Samuel N. C. Lieu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0521568226

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Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empire by Iain Gardner,Samuel N. C. Lieu Pdf

This 2004 book is a single-volume collection of sources for Manichaeism, a world religion founded by Mani, the Syrian visionary.

Author : J. Kevin Coyle
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047429180

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Manichaeism and Its Legacy by J. Kevin Coyle Pdf

This volume reproduces nineteen chapters and articles published between 1991 through 2008, on Manichaeism, and its contacts with Augustine of Hippo, its most famous convert and also best-known adversary.

Author : Antti Marjanen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004439696

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The Woman Jesus Loved by Antti Marjanen Pdf

This is the first comprehensive study on Mary Magdalene in those second and third century Gnostic texts in which Jesus' most famous female follower gains a prominent position. Special attention is paid to the way Mary is presented in relation to other disciples, and to how her portrait pertains to gender imagery used in the writings. Detailed text analyses, based on a careful philological study, show that no uniform picture and use of the figure of Mary can be traced. Contrary to a common supposition, the book also demonstrates that the positive view of Mary displayed in the texts does not automatically imply a positive attitude towards women in general. The work provides a basis for all further discussion of Mary Magdalene in the Nag Hammadi and related documents.

Author : Ehsan Yarshater
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Iran
ISBN : PURD:32754064195849

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Encyclopaedia Iranica: Coffeehouse by Ehsan Yarshater Pdf

Author : Donald B. Redford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025101853

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt: G-O by Donald B. Redford Pdf

Featuring 600 original articles written by leading experts, it goes far beyond the findings of archaeology to include social, political, religious, cultural and artistic information on the Nile Delta civilization.

Author : S.N.C. Lieu
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004295810

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Manichaeism in Mesopotamia and the Roman East by S.N.C. Lieu Pdf

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.

Author : Lorenzo DiTommaso,Lucian Turcescu
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047442127

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The Reception and Interpretation of the Bible in Late Antiquity by Lorenzo DiTommaso,Lucian Turcescu Pdf

A Festschrift offered to Charles Kannengiesser on his 80th birthday, this volume contains twenty-five papers that address major issues pertaining to the reception and interpretation of the Bible in Christianity and Judaism of late antiquity.

Author : Donald B. Redford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0195102347

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt by Donald B. Redford Pdf

Featuring 600 original articles written by leading scholars, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt goes far beyond the records of archaeology to make available what we know about the full social, political, religious, cultural and artistic legacy of this 5,000 year civilization. The Encyclopedia offers the most complete picture available of ancient Egyptian civilization, from the predynastic era to its eclipse in the seventh century CE. Here is the Egyptian world in illuminating, accessible detail: art, architecture, religion, language, literature, trade, politics, everyday social life and the culture of the court. Of special interest is the coverage of themes and issues that are particularly controversial--such as the new theories of the origins of complex society in the Nile Valley, new discoveries about Greco-Roman Egypt, and new developments in literature, religion, linguistics and other fields, including the debates about Egypt's African legacy. Extensively illustrated with photographs, line drawings, and maps, the Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt is designed for the widest possible access, serving students, teachers, and scholars in fields ranging from Near East archaeology and classics to ancient art, architecture, history, language and religion, as well as general readers fascinated by a world that remains--even today--incompletely mapped.

Author : Zsuzsanna Gulácsi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047405962

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Mediaeval Manichaean Book Art by Zsuzsanna Gulácsi Pdf

This volume is a pioneer study focused on a corpus of 89 fragments of exquisitely illuminated manuscripts that were produced under the patronage of the Turkic-speaking Uygurs in the Turfan region of East Central Asia between the 8th and 11th centuries CE. Through detailed analyses and interpretations aided by precise computer drawings, the author introduces an important group of primary sources for future comparative research in Central Asian art, mediaeval book illumination, and Manichaean studies.

Author : Scott McGill,Edward J. Watts
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118830352

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A Companion to Late Antique Literature by Scott McGill,Edward J. Watts Pdf

Noted scholars in the field explore the rich variety of late antique literature With contributions from leading scholars in the field, A Companion to Late Antique Literature presents a broad review of late antique literature. The late antique period encompasses a significant transitional era in literary history from the mid-third century to the early seventh century. The Companion covers notable Greek and Latin texts of the period and provides a varied overview of literature written in six other late antique languages. Comprehensive in scope, this important volume presents new research, methodologies, and significant debates in the field. The Companion explores the histories, forms, features, audiences, and uses of the literature of the period. This authoritative text: Provides an inclusive overview of late antique literature Offers the widest survey to date of the literary traditions and forms of the period, including those in several languages other than Greek and Latin Presents the most current research and new methodologies in the field Contains contributions from an international group of contributors Written for students and scholars of late antiquity, this comprehensive volume provides an authoritative review of the literature from the era.