Pentadic redaction in the Manichaean Kephalaia /

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This study identifies a significant redactional tendency whereby the compilers of the ""Kephalaia"" sought to clarify ambiguities in a oecanonicala Manichaean tradition by means of five-part numerical series, thereby challenging the conventional wisdom of Manichaean scholarship a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pettipiece, Timothy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 66.
Subjects:
Mani.
Kephalaia.
Kephalaia
Manichaeism.
Symbolism of numbers.
Five (The number) in literature.
Manichéisme.
Symbolisme des nombres.
number symbolism.
RELIGION > Gnosticism.
Five (The number) in literature
Manichaeism
Symbolism of numbers
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; part I pentadic redaction in the manichaean kephalaia; part ii translations from the kephalaia of the teacher [berlin codex]; Appendix. Theodore Bar Khonai's Résumé of the Manichaean Myth (Annotated Translation); Works Cited; General Index; Index of Modern Authors.

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