Manichaean Texts in Syriac

First Editions, New Editions and Studies

Edited by Nils Arne Pedersen Edited by John Moller Larsen

Book cover: Manichaean Texts in Syriac

Extent: 396 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Religious Studies

Series: Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum: Series Syriaca

Series volume number: 1

Language: English, Syriac

Hardback (Published)

(September 2013)

ISBN: 9782503550251

Price: $163.00

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This is the first major work devoted entirely to the Aramaic-Syriac roots of Manichaeism containing, inter alia, editiones principes of hitherto unknown Syriac-Manichaean texts as well as other editions, studies of the palaeography and origin of the earliest specimens of Manichaean script, interpretation of the texts in the context o


This is the first major work devoted entirely to the Aramaic-Syriac roots of Manichaeism containing inter alia editiones principes of hitherto unknown Syriac-Manichaean texts as well as other editions, studies of the palaeography and origin of the earliest specimens of Manichaean script, interpretation of the texts in the context of Enochic Jewish literature and early Syriac literature, an art-historical study of the Mani seal, as well as photo plates of all the manuscripts edited in the volume.

  • Edited by Nils Arne Pedersen
  • Edited by John Moller Larsen