num_pages: 184
description: 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.
language: English
title: Jesus in the Manichaean Writings
publisher: T&T Clark