Manichaeism in Central Asia and China / / Samuel N. C. Lieu.

The discovery of genuine Manichaean texts from sites like Turfan and Tun-huang since the beginning of the century has greatly increased our knowledge of the teaching of Manichaeism and of its amazing geographical spread in pre-Islamic times. This volume brings together the contributions by a leading...

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Superior document:Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; 45
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston ;, Koln : : Brill,, 1998.
Year of Publication:1998
Language:English
Series:Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 45.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Samuel N.C. Lieu
  • Manichaean art and texts from the Silk Road / Samuel N.C. Lieu
  • From Parthian into Chinese: / Samuel N.C. Lieu
  • Precept and Practice in Manichaean Monasticism / Samuel N.C. Lieu
  • A Lapsed Manichaeans correspondence with a Confucian official (1264) / Samuel N.C. Lieu
  • Polemics against Manichaeans as a subversive cult in Sung China (A.O. c. 960-c.1200) / Samuel N.C. Lieu
  • Nestorians and Manichaeans on the South China Coast / Samuel N.C. Lieu
  • Working Catalogue of published Manichaean texts / Samuel N.C. Lieu
  • General Index / Samuel N.C. Lieu
  • Index of Sources / Samuel N.C. Lieu.