Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empire
Contributors: Iain Gardner (Editor); Samuel N. C. Lieu (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 21, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780521560900
Subjects: Christian theology; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; Manichaeism; History - General History; Literary Collections; Literature: Classics; Ancient Rome; Religion; Ancient - General; History / Ancient / General; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Rome
First sentence: The term 'Manichaean' is here used in its primary sense, with reference to the religion that was founded by Mani (or Manichaios, that is Mani 'the living' as the original Syriac was transmitted into Greek) in the early Sassanian empire during the third century of the common era.