Emerging from Darkness by Paul Mirecki

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This volume contains several presentations of Manichaean source materials, as well as essays on them. A variety of sources are presented, from Coptic, Latin and Turkic papyri, to sources gleaned from heresiological texts. Geographically, the sources range from Algeria to China.

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Emerging from Darkness by Paul Mirecki

This volume contains several presentations of Manichaean source materials, as well as essays on them. A variety of sources are presented, from Coptic, Latin and Turkic papyri, to sources gleaned from heresiological texts. Geographically, the sources range from Algeria to China.
'..no future studies on Manichaeism and its source material can afford to bypass this work...' Edgar C. Polome, The Journal of Indo-European Studies, 1999.
Paul Mirecki, Th.D. (1986) in Religious Studies, Harvard Divinity School, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. He is the founding Chair of the Manichaean Studies Group (1988). His publications include a wide variety of studies in ancient Mediterranean religions with a primary focus on Coptic papyrology.
Jason BeDuhn, Ph.D. (1995) in Comparative Religion, Indiana University, is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and History at the Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. He is the Co-Chair of the Manichaean Studies Group. He has published numerous articles on late antique religions with a primary focus on Manichaeism.
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ISBN 13 9789004107601
ISBN 10 9004107606
Title Emerging from Darkness
Author Paul Mirecki
Series Nag Hammadi And Manichaean Studies
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Brill
Year published 1997-03-01
Number of pages 320
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