عنوان

Manichaeism /

شابک

0252032780

شابک

9780252032783

شماره

b731920

عنوان اصلي

Manichaeism /

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Michel Tardieu ; translated from the French by M.B. DeBevoise.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Urbana, Ill. :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

University of Illinois Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2008.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xiii, 113 pages :

ساير جزييات

maps ;

ابعاد

22 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-105) and index.

متن يادداشت

Introduction / Paul Mirecki -- Translator's note -- Mani -- The books -- The community -- The pantheon.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

"Manichaeism, once the state religion of Persia and long a vigorous contender for converts throughout the ancient Near East, is best remembered for the simplicity of its teachings about divine power. For Manicheans, the universe was ruled by a Lord of Light and a Lord of Darkness, who fought continuously for supremacy. All that was good was a gift from the Lord of Light, and all that was evil was an affliction visited upon the universe by the Lord of Darkness. This dualism extended to cosmogony and ethics, splitting the universe into a spiritual realm that acted on the goodness of the human soul and a material realm that abetted the evil of the human body. These stark oppositions mask a remarkable degree of doctrinal and liturgical complexity, the details of which have been obscured by centuries of suppression and persecution, first by the Christian church, then by Islam." "One of the world's foremost experts on ancient religions, Michel Tardieu examines the fragmentary sources that have come down to us, pieces together the life and teachings of the prophet Mani (the itinerant Persian preacher and founder of this long lost faith), illuminates Manichaeism's ecclesiastical hierarchy and distinctive moral code, and investigates its ideas about the prelife and afterlife. Manichaeism provides a brilliantly compact survey of what was once one of the world's great faiths and then became one of its great heresies, surviving now only as a shadowy presence haunting the religions that superseded it."--Jacket.

منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک

Univ of Illinois Pr, C/O Chicago Distribution Center 11030 S Langley Ave, Chicago, IL, USA, 60628

عنوان قراردادي

Manichéisme.

زبان(وقتي جزئي از عنوان قراردادي باشد)

English

موضوع مستند نشده

Manichaeism.

موضوع مستند نشده

11.98 other religions.

موضوع مستند نشده

Manichaeism.

موضوع مستند نشده

Manicheism.

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

شماره رده

کد سيستم

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Tardieu, Michel.

تاريخ عمليات

20201203162720.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y