Emerging from darkness : : studies in the recovery of Manichaean sources / / edited by Paul Mirecki and Jason BeDuhn.

• Superior document: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 43
• TeilnehmendeR: Mirecki, Paul Allan,; BeDuhn, Jason,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, New York ;, Koln : : Brill,, [1997]; 1997
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English
• Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 43.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Introduction: Emerging from Darkness: Manichaean Studies at the End of the 20th Century /; Magical Spell, Manichaean Letter /; The Tebessa Codex: A Manichaean Treatise on Biblical Exegesis and Church Order /; The Turkic Manichaean Literature /; The Reconstruction of the Manichaean Kephalaia /; The Manichaean Community at Kellis: A Progress Report /; Identifying the Corpus of Manichaean Art among the Turfan Remains /; Manichaean Citations from the Prose Refutations of Ephrem /; Marginal Notes on Manichaeism from an Outsider /; Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004439722
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Paul Mirecki and Jason BeDuhn.

Modern interpretation of the Manichaean religious tradition requires a firm foundation in the sober and meticulous reconstruction of highly fragmentary sources. The studies collected in this volume contribute to such a foundation by bringing new primary texts to the public for the first time, extracting new data from previously known sources, and defining and delimiting important but previously neglected sets of material. The studies are authored by an international group of leading scholars in the fields of ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern studies, comparative religion, early Christianity, patristics, art history, Turkic studies and Coptology. The textual and art historical materials examined possess distinctive histories, character and significance representing the broad geographical range of Manichaeism from Algeria to China. By elucidating these essential remains of the Manichaean religion, the comprehensive treatments contained in Emerging from Darkness provide a provocative picture of Manichaeism as a diverse and productive tradition in a variety of settings and media. The volume will be foundational for future scholarly studies on the sources presented and for studies in Manichaeism and late antique religions in general.