Studies in Manichaean literature and art / / Manfred Heuser and Hans-Joachim Klimkeit.

• Superior document: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; 46
• VerfasserIn: Heuser, Manfred, 1944-; Klimkeit, Hans-Joachim,
• TeilnehmendeR: Klimkeit, Hans-Joachim,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston ;, Koln : : Brill,, 1998.
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 46.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Foreword /; Abbreviations --; The Manichaean Myth According to the Coptic Sources /; Introduction /; The Primal Condition /; The Time-Frame of the Mythic Events /; The Cosmogonic Past /; The Soteriological Present and the History of Humankind /; The Eschatological Future /; Groups of Gods and Ranges of Concepts /; Concluding Comments /; Selected Studies /; The Use of Scripture in Manichaeism /; The Manichaean Doctrine of the Old and the New Man /; The Fair Form, the Hideous Form and the Transformed Form: On the Form Principle in Manichaeism /; The Gate as a Symbol in Manichaeism /; Apocryphal Gospels in Central and East Asia /; Manichaean Kingship: Gnosis at Home in the World /; Temporal and Spiritual Power in Central Asian Manichaeism /; Adaptations to Buddhism in East Iranian and Central Asian Manichaeism /; Jesus' Entry into Parinirvāna: Manichaean Identity in Buddhist Central Asia /; On the Nature of Manichaean Art /; Indian Motifs in Manichaean Art /; Manichaean Art on the Silk Road /; Bibliography.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004440437
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Manfred Heuser and Hans-Joachim Klimkeit.

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.