Studies in Manichaean Literature and Art

Manfred Heuser, Hans-Joachim Klimkeit (Autoren)

Buch | Ledereinband/Edeleinband

360 Seiten

1998
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-10716-8 (ISBN)

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This volume consists of two sections. The first is a general analysis by Manfred Heuser of The Manichaean Myth According to Coptic Sources. The second is a collection of essays by Hans-Joachim Klimkeit on various aspects of Manichaeism including Manichaean symbolism and art.

This volume consists of two sections, written by the two authors. The first section contains a study by Manfred Heuser on The Manichaean Myth According to Coptic Sources. This is the first systematic presentation of the basic myth as reflected in Coptic material. The second part is a collection of essays on Manichaeism by Hans-Joachim Klimkeit. The essays are concerned, inter alia, with Manichaean art and symbolism, including newly found examples of Manichaean art from Central Asia.

Manfred Heuser, Dr.phil. (1992) in History of Religions, Bonn University. He is active as an educationalist in the training of teachers. Hans-Joachim Klimkeit †, Dr.phil. (1964) in History of Religions, Bonn University, was Professor for Religionswissenschaft at Bonn since 1970. He has published extensively on Indian and Central Asian religions, as well as on Manichaeism, including Gnosis on the Silk Road (Harper, 1993).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.7.1998
Reihe/Serie	Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; 46
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	725 g
Einbandart	Leinen
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
ISBN-10	90-04-10716-9 / 9004107169
ISBN-13	978-90-04-10716-8 / 9789004107168
Zustand	Neuware