Pentadic redaction in the Manichaean Kephalaia / by Timothy Pettipiece.

• Superior document: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, v. 66
• Author: Pettipiece, Timothy.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 66.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Notes: Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Université Laval, 2006 under title: Counting the cosmos : five-part numeric patterning in the Manichaean Kephalaia.

Discovered in 1929, the Manichaean Kephalaia have opened up an important window on the early development of Manichaean doctrine. This study identifies a significant redactional tendency whereby the compilers of the text sought to clarify ambiguities in “canonical” Manichaean tradition by means of fi...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Materials
• Introduction
• Chapter One. Basic Ontological Patterning
• Chapter Two. Theological Patterning I: Light-Realm
• Chapter Three. Theological Patterning II: Dark-Realm
• Chapter Four. Other Types Of Patterning
• Conclusions and Implications
• Note On Translations
• Chapter 2. The Second, On The Parable Of The Tree
• Chapter 3. The Interpretation Of Happiness, Wisdom, And Power; What They Mean
• Chapter 4. On The Four Great Days, Which Have Come From One Another; Along With The Four Nights
• Chapter 6. On The Five Storehouses Which Have Poured Forth From The Land Of Darkness From The Beginning; The Five Archons, The Five Spirits, The Five Bodies, (And) The Five Tastes
• Chapter 7. The Seventh, On The Five Fathers
• Chapter 9. The Interpretation Of The (Sign Of) Peace, What It Means, The Right Hand, The Kiss, The Adoration
• Chapter 10. On The Meaning Of The Fourteen [Great] Aeons About Which Sethel Spoke In [His] Prayer
• Chapter 12. On The Meaning Of The Five Words Which Are Proclaimed Mntparapehout In The Cosmos
• Chapter 13. On The Five Saviours, Resurrectors Of The Dead, Along With The Five Resurrections
• Chapter 14. The Meaning Of The Silence, The Fast, [The Peace], The Day, [And] The Rest; What They Mean
• Chapter 15. [On The] . . . Five [Parts(?)]66 . . . World Of . . .
• Chapter 16. [On The Five] Greatnesses Which Have [Come] Out Against The Darkness
• Chapter 18. [On The Five] Wars [Which The] Sons Of Light Waged With [The Sons] Of Darkness
• Chapter 19. On The Five Releases: What They Mean
• Chapter 20. The Chapter On The Name Of The Fathers
• Chapter 21. On The Father Of Greatness, How He Is Established And Defined
• Chapter 24. [On The Times . . .]
• Chapter 25. On The Five126 [Fathers: From Which Limbs They Have Come]
• Chapter 27. On The Five Forms Which Exist In The Archon{S} Of Darkness
• Chapter 33. On The Five Things That He Constructed With The Hard Bodies Of The Archons
• Chapter 37. On The Three Zones
• Chapter 38. On The Light-Mind, The Apostles, And The Saints
• Chapter 39. On The Three Days And The Two Deaths
• Chapter 48. On The Conduits(?)
• Chapter 57. On The Generation Of Adam
• Chapter 65b. (On The Five Qualities Of The Sun)
• Chapter 68. On Fire
• Chapter 69. On The Twelve Signs Of The Zodiac And The Five Stars
• Chapter 70. On The Body, That It Was Made To Resemble The Cosmos
• Chapter 91. On The Catechumen, Who Is Saved In A Single Body
• Chapter 95. The Apostle Asks His Disciples: What Does Cloud Mean?
• Chapter 100. On The Dragon, The One With Fourteen Heads; What Is It And . . .
• Chapter 103. On The Five Wonderworks That The Light-Mind Reveals In The Elect
• Chapter 104. On Food, That It Is Appointed To Five Products In The Human Body
• Chapter 107. On The Kind Of Speech That . . .
• Chapter 111. On The Four Qualities That Are Found In The Eye And The Fifth, Which Is Hidden In Them; To Whom They Belong
• Chapter 112b. (On The Five Things Revealed By Jesus)
• Chapter 137. On The Five Types Of Brotherhood That Are Distinct From One Another
• Chapter 146. The Old Man Has Five Foods To Live On; The Newman Has Five Others
• Chapter 148. On The Five Books, That They Belong To Five Fat.