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 pre-life 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faiths, and then became one of its great heresies, surviving now only as a shadowy presence haunting the religions that superseded it.
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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 pre-life 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faiths, and then became one of its great heresies, surviving now only as a shadowy presence haunting the religions that superseded it.
Imprint | University of Illinois Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | February 2009 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | February 2009 |
Authors | Michel Tardieu |
Translators | Malcolm DeBevoise |
Dimensions | 218 x 149 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 113 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-252-03278-3 |
Barcode | 9780252032783 |
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LSN | 0-252-03278-0 |