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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Foreword / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- Abbreviations -- The Manichaean Myth According to the Coptic Sources / Manfred Heuser -- Introduction / Manfred Heuser -- The Primal Condition / Manfred Heuser -- The Time-Frame of the Mythic Events / Manfred Heuser -- The Cosmogonic Past / Manfred Heuser -- The Soteriological Present and the History of Humankind / Manfred Heuser -- The Eschatological Future / Manfred Heuser -- Groups of Gods and Ranges of Concepts / Manfred Heuser -- Concluding Comments / Manfred Heuser -- Selected Studies / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- The Use of Scripture in Manichaeism / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- The Manichaean Doctrine of the Old and the New Man / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- The Fair Form, the Hideous Form and the Transformed Form: On the Form Principle in Manichaeism / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- The Gate as a Symbol in Manichaeism / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- Apocryphal Gospels in Central and East Asia / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- Manichaean Kingship: Gnosis at Home in the World / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- Temporal and Spiritual Power in Central Asian Manichaeism / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- Adaptations to Buddhism in East Iranian and Central Asian Manichaeism / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- Jesus' Entry into Parinirvāna: Manichaean Identity in Buddhist Central Asia / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- On the Nature of Manichaean Art / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- Indian Motifs in Manichaean Art / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- Manichaean Art on the Silk Road / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit -- Bibliography.