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- Book Title
- Manichaeism
- Publication Date
- 2009-02-01
- Pages
- 136
- ISBN
- 9780252032783
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
ISBN-10
0252032780
ISBN-13
9780252032783
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63175158
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
136 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Manichaeism
Subject
History, Philosophy
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
10.1 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2008-002232
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
''This stimulating and enjoyable translation is a concise and clear guide to Manichaeism for general readers and scholars. While he was already well known and respected among scholars of ancient religions, Gnosticism, and Manichaeism, Tardieu is now available to a new, English-speaking audience.'' Paul Allan Mirecki, co-editor of The Light and the Darkness: Studies in Manichaeism and Its World, "This stimulating and enjoyable translation is a concise and clear guide to Manichaeism for general readers and scholars. While he was already well known and respected among scholars of ancient religions, Gnosticism, and Manichaeism, Tardieu is now available to a new, English-speaking audience."--Paul Allan Mirecki, coeditor of The Light and the Darkness: Studies in Manichaeism and Its World, "This stimulating and enjoyable translation is a concise and clear guide to Manichaeism for general readers and scholars. While he was already well known and respected among scholars of ancient religions, Gnosticism, and Manichaeism, Tardieu is now available to a new, English-speaking audience." Paul Allan Mirecki, co-editor ofThe Light and the Darkness: Studies in Manichaeism and Its World, "Tardieu's book on Manichaeism is a marvelous short introduction to a very complex religious phenomenon of the ancient and medieval world. A justified and timely translation, this work is an excellent entry into the critical issues at stake in reconstructing Manichaean history and religion."--Paul M. Blowers, editor ofThe Bible in Greek Christian Antiquity, "Tardieu's book on Manichaeism is a marvelous short introduction to a very complex religious phenomenon of the ancient and medieval world. A justified and timely translation, this work is an excellent entry into the critical issues at stake in reconstructing Manichaean history and religion."--Paul M. Blowers, editor of The Bible in Greek Christian Antiquity
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
299/.932
Table Of Content
Introduction Paul Mirecki vii Translator's Note xii 1. Mani 1 2. The Books 31 3. The Community 57 4. The Pantheon 75 Chronology of Manichaeism after Mani 91 Maps 100 Bibliography 103 Index 107
Synopsis
Good and evil, light and darkness; for the first time in English, a potent survey of Manichaeism. Manichaeism, once the state religion of Persia and long a vigorous contender for converts throughout the ancient Near East, is best remembered for the simplicity of its teachings about divine power. For Manicheans, the universe was ruled by a Lord of Light and a Lord of Darkness, who fought continuously for supremacy. All that was good was a gift from the Lord of Light, and all that was evil was an affliction visited by the Lord of Darkness. This dualism extended to cosmogony and ethics, splitting the universe into a spiritual realm that acted on the goodness of the human soul and a material realm that abetted the evil of the human body. These stark oppositions mask a remarkable degree of doctrinal and liturgical complexity, the details of which have been obscured by centuries of suppression and persecution, first by the Christian church, then by Islam. One of the world's foremost experts on ancient religions, Michel Tardieu examines the fragmentary sources that have come down to us, pieces together the life and teachings of the prophet Mani (the itinerant Persian preacher and founder of this long lost faith), illuminates Manichaeism's ecclesiastical hierarchy and distinctive moral code, and investigates its ideas about the pre-life and afterlife. Manichaeism provides a brilliantly compact survey of what was once one of the world's great faiths, and then became one of its great heresies, surviving now only as a shadowy presence haunting the religions that superseded it.''This stimulating and enjoyable translation is a concise and clear guide to Manichaeism for general readers and scholars. While he was already well known and respected among scholars of ancient religions, Gnosticism, and Manichaeism, Tardieu is now available to a new, English-speaking audience.''--Paul Allan Mirecki, coeditor of The Light and the Darkness: Studies in Manichaeism and Its World ''Tardieu's book on Manichaeism is a marvelous short introduction to a very complex religious phenomenon of the ancient and medieval world. A justified and timely translation, this work is an excellent entry into the critical issues at stake in reconstructing Manichaean history and religion.''--Paul M. Blowers, editor of The Bible in Greek Christian Antiquity, Manichaeism, once the state religion of Persia and long a vigorous contender for converts throughout the ancient Near East, is best remembered for the simplicity of its teachings about divine power. For Manicheans, the universe was ruled by a Lord of Light and a Lord of Darkness, who fought continuously for supremacy. All that was good was a gift from the Lord of Light, and all that was evil was an affliction visited by the Lord of Darkness. This dualism extended to cosmogony and ethics, splitting the universe into a spiritual realm that acted on the goodness of the human soul and a material realm that abetted the evil of the human body. These stark oppositions mask a remarkable degree of doctrinal and liturgical complexity, the details of which have been obscured by centuries of suppression and persecution, first by the Christian church, then by Islam. One of the world's foremost experts on ancient religions, Michel Tardieu examines the fragmentary sources that have come down to us, pieces together the life and teachings of the prophet Mani (the itinerant Persian preacher and founder of this long lost faith), illuminates Manichaeism's ecclesiastical hierarchy and distinctive moral code, and investigates its ideas about the pre-life and afterlife. Manichaeism provides a brilliantly compact survey of what was once one of the world's great faiths, and then became one of its great heresies, surviving now only as a shadowy presence haunting the religions that superseded it.
LC Classification Number
BT1410.T3713 2008
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