Mani at the court of the Persian kings : : studies on the Chester Beatty Kephalaia Codex / / by Iain Gardner, Jason BeDuhn, Paul Dilley.

• Superior document: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, Volume 87
• VerfasserIn: Gardner, Iain,; BeDuhn, Jason,; Dilley, Paul,
• TeilnehmendeR: BeDuhn, Jason,; Dilley, Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; Volume 87.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Front Matter /; An Introduction to the Chester Beatty Kephalaia Codex /; Mani’s Wisdom at the Court of the Persian Kings: The Genre and Context of the Chester Beatty Kephalaia /; Parallels between Coptic and Iranian Kephalaia: Goundesh and the King of Touran /; The Final Ten Chapters /; Also Schrieb Zarathustra? Mani As Interpreter of the ‘Law of Zarades’ /; Iranian Epic in the Chester Beatty Kephalaia /; Mani’s Last Days /; ‘Hell Exists, and We Have Seen the Place Where It Is’: Rapture and Religious Competition in Sasanian Iran /; Mani and the Crystallization of the Concept of ‘Religion’ in Third Century Iran /; Works Cited /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004282629
• ISSN: 0929-2470
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Iain Gardner, Jason BeDuhn, Paul Dilley.

In Mani at the Court of the Persian Kings the authors explore evidence arising from their project to edit the Chester Beatty Kephalaia codex. This new text presents Mani at the heart of Sasanian Iran in dialogue with its sages and nobles, acting as a cultural mediator between East and West and interpreter of Christian, Iranian, and Indian traditions. Nine chapters study Mani’s appropriation of the ‘law of Zarades’ and of Iranian epic; suggest a new understanding of his last days; and analyse his formative role in the history of late antique religions. These interdisciplinary studies advance research in several fields and will be of interest to scholars of Manichaeism, Sasanian Iran, and the development of religions in Late Antiquity.