Byzantium to China : religion, history and culture on the Silk Roads : studies in honour of Samuel N. C. Lieu

This collection of papers reflects the interests and influence of Samuel N. C. Lieu on scholars and students during his academic career. It demonstrates not only the importance of his work on Manichaeism, but his broader intellectual contribution to early Christian, Roman, Byzantine, and comparative historical studies. His impact on Manichaean studies has been unparalleled resulting in several prestigious book series devoted to the linguistic and historical study of Mani and his religion. It is largely thanks to his enterprise that scholars now have access to an extensive library of texts and images unavailable to earlier researchers. The volume honours the life and work of a remarkable scholar of international renown. ‎Contents ‎Foreword ‎Figures and Tables ‎Contributors ‎Publications of Samuel N.C. Lieu ‎Tabula Gratulatoria ‎1. Nārāyaṇa Buddha: Adaptation of Manichaean Prophetology in South, Central, and East Asia (BeDuhn) ‎2. Sacred Space: The Orkhon Valley and the Empires of the Steppe (Benjamin) ‎3. The Nag Hammadi Codices and Monasticism (Choat) ‎4. Non-Zoroastrians in Zoroastrian Law: The Sasanian Law Book in Comparison to Later Pahlavi Texts (Colditz) ‎5. An Uncivilized Empire: Xuanzang on Persia (Deeg) ‎6. Another Coptic Manichaean Psalm to Jesus (No 242) (Dubois) ‎7. Rome’s Eastern Trade and Imperialism from Augustus to the Severans (Edwell) ‎8. A Stranger Twice Over: Manichaean Ideology and Mission (Franzmann) ‎9. The Construction of an Iranian Lineage for Manichaeism (Gardner) ‎10. Procopius and the Kings of Persia (Greatrex) ‎11. The Footprint of Mani’s Book of Pictures in Late Antique Sources: An Assessment of Social and Geographical Data about Teaching with Images among the Manichaeans During the 3rd and 4th Centuries (Gulácsi) ‎12. Debating with the Jews at Turfan (Hunter) ‎13. Between Marcion and Mani: Open Questions for a Continuing Conversation (Lieu) ‎14. Chinese and Western Resources for a Global Ethic (Lodén) ‎15. Mani Eats Greek Bread: The Sitz im Leben of the Cologne Mani-Codex (McKechnie) ‎16. Xuanzong’s Edict of 732 on Manichaeism (Mikkelsen) ‎17. Historical Fiction in Syriac and the Clash of Religions and Cultures in the Late Antique Near East (Millar) ‎18. More Fruits and Trees in Manichaean Sogdian (Morano) ‎19. What’s in a Name? Papyrus Evidence for Christian Female Onomastic Practice in Egypt during the Period of Christianisation to the Early Byzantine Period (Nobbs) ‎20. What Did Augustine See? Augustine and Mani’s Picture Book (van Oort) ‎21. Pierre Gilles’ Constantinople: A 16th-Century Frenchman in the City of Suleyman the Magnificent (Parry) ‎22. First Man and Third Messenger in Manichaean Mythology (Pedersen) ‎23. The Manichaean Contour Letters (Reck) ‎24. Following the Persians: Alexander the Great, his Mints at Tarsus and Babylon, and the Minting Practices of Persian and Greek Satraps (Sheedy) ‎25. The Rediscovery of Sogdian (Sims-Williams) ‎26. Traces of Christianity in the Land of the Tangut from the 8th to the 14th Century (Tang) ‎27. Did Christianity (or St. Thomas) Come to 1st-Century China? (Thompson) ‎28. «Vous avez eu le courage de dire ce que pensent les meilleurs turquisants»: la correspondance Antoine Meillet / Willy Bang [Kaup] (van Tongerloo et Seldeslachts) ‎29. On the Manichaean Preacher Hulu Fashi of the Tang Dynasty (Yuanyuan and Wushu) ‎30. Christians in the Service of the Tang Emperor Suzong (756–762): A Curious Poem by Li Bo (Wilmshurst) ‎31. Sogdian Christians in China, Turfan and Sogdiana (Yoshida) ‎32. Notes on a Turkic Manichaean Benediction Hymn (Zieme) ‎Index of Places ‎Index of Names This volume celebrates the outstanding achievements of Samuel N. C. Lieu and his contribution to Manichaean, Roman, Byzantine, and Silk Road Studies. Readers will find his wide range of scholarly interests reflected in the contributions of his colleagues and former students.