Prolegomena to a History of Islamicate Manichaeism

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-904768-52-4
Verlag: Equinox Publishing Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 690 g

Reihe: Comparative Islamic Studies

This book provides an anthology of sources highlighting Manichaeism, a gnostic religion which flourished largely clandestinely in the Near East, Central Asia, and China until the beginning of the seventeenth century. It translates and discusses the importance of a number of Arabic, Syriac, and Hebrew testimonies for a proper understanding of the cultural importance of what most scholars consider to be the first 'world religion.' Many of these sources are translated here into English for the first time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reeves, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Gnosis, Gnostizismus

Über Autor(innen)

Reeves, John
University of North Carolina