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Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empire

By Iain Gardner , Samuel N. C. Lieu (Editors)

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge
Year
2004
ISBN
9780521568227, 0521568226, 052156090X, 9780521560900, 9780511215889
Open Library ID
OL17155047M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2206380 bytes)
Pages
334\334
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Founded by Mani (c. AD 216-276), a Syrian visionary of Judaeo-Christian ancestry from Persian Mesopotamia, Manichaeism spread rapidly into the Roman Empire in the third and fourth centuries AD and became one of the most persecuted heresies under Christian Roman emperors. This collection of sources draws from material mostly unknown to English-speaking scholars and students. The religion established missionary cells in Syria, Egypt, North Africa and Rome and included Augustine of Hippo as the most famous of its converts.

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