Women in Western and Eastern Manichaeism

Selected Papers from the International Conference Les Femmes Dans Le Manichéisme Occidental Et Oriental Held in Paris, University of Paris Sorbonne, 27-28 June 2014
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-47221-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 101, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 491 g

Reihe: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies

The exceptional place women held in Manichaeism, in everyday life or myth, is the object of this book. Relying on firsthand Manichaean texts in several languages and on polemical sources, as well as on iconography, the various papers analyze aspects of women’s social engagement by spreading Mani’s doctrine, working to support the community, or corresponding with other Manichaean groups. Topics such as women’s relation to the body and elect or hearer status are also investigated. The major role played by female entities in the myth is enlightened through occidental and oriental texts and paintings discovered in Central Asia and China.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Scopello, Madeleine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Madeleine Scopello, FAHA, Corresponding Fellow of Institut de France, is em. Research director at CNRS and em. Studies director at EPHE, Paris. She has published many articles and books, including Femme, Gnose et Manichéisme (Brill, 2005).