Majella Franzmann

Jesus in the Manichaean Writings (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Manichaeism was a dualistic religious system with Christian, Gnostic and pagan elements, founded in Persia in the third century by Manes. This is the first full-length study of the Manichaean Jesus, since the publication of several major Manichaean texts such as the Homilies, Psalm Book and Kephalaia in the 1930s and 1940s. A knowledge of Manichaean Christology is important for any understanding of the development of Christologies in the early cen-turies CE, whether within mainstream Christianity or within associated het-erodox groups. This book undertakes a comprehensive study of six distinct figures of Jesus that can be found in both Eastern and Western Manichaean lit-erature. Previous partial studies of Manichaean Christology have tended to restrict their focus to texts from either Eastern or Western traditions alone. Majella Franzmann argues that a single Manichaean Jesus can be discerned behind the many different representations to be found.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567504142
• Artikelnr.: 40775806

Autorenporträt

Majella Franzmann is Professor of Comparative Religion at the University of New England, Australia.