Mani in Dublin : Selected Papers From the Seventh International Conference of the International Association of Manichaean Studies in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, 8–12 September 2009

In 2009 The Seventh International Conference Of Manichaean Studies Was Held At The Chester Beatty Library In Dublin. The 22 Selected Papers Of This Volume Offer A Deep Insight Into The Faith Of Manichaean Communities Ranging From The Very Beginning Of The 3rd Century Up To The Last Traces Of Worship Today. Among Others The Authors Deal With Sources From Augustin, John The Grammarian, Ephrem The Syrian And Further Sources Written In Coptic, Sogdian, Middle Persian, Parthian And Chinese. Several Studies About Manichaean Art And Iconography Offer A Visual Impression, Which Gives A New Opportunity For Understanding The Religion Of Light.-- Mani - The Lost Religion Of Light: The Interpretation Of Manichaean Manuscripts For A General Audience / Charles Horton -- Der Kampf Augustins Gegen Die Manichäer: Das Beispiel Der Schrift De Genesi Contra Manichaeos / Sara Antonietta Luisa Arnoldi -- The Physics Of Light, Darkness And Matter In John The Grammarian’s First Homily Against The Manichaeans: Early Byzantine Anti-manichaean Literature As A Window On Controversies In Later Neoplatonism / Byard Bennett -- Primal Man, Son Of God: From Explicit To Implicit Christian Elements In Manichaeism / Fernando Bermejo -- The Abstract Of A Religion Or: What Is Manichaeism? / Iris Colditz -- Biblical Pseudepigrapha Among North African Manichaeans / J. Kevin Coyle -- A Possible Liturgical Context For The First Hymn To Jesus In The Chinese Manichaean Hymnbook (col. 6–44) / Jean-daniel Dubois -- Abecedarian Hymns, A Survey Of Published Middle Persian And Parthian Manichaean Hymns / Desmond Durkin-meisterernst -- Individualisation Of Redemption In A Manichaean Painting From Ningbo / Jorinde Ebert -- Kephalaia 55 And The Great Free Woman: Concepts Of Seclusion And Public Exhibition In Relation To Women And Female Figures In Manichaean Texts / Majella Franzmann -- Images Of Jesus In Manichaean Art / Zsuzsanna Gulácsi -- Two Manichaean Judgment Scenes― Mik Iii 4959 V And The Yamato Bunkakan Sandōzu Painting / Gábor Kósa -- Remains Of The Religion Of Light In Xiapu (霞浦) County, Fujian Province / Ma Xiaohe -- Recent Research On Chinese Manichaean Texts / Gunner Mikkelsen -- Fragen An Kephalaia Kapitel 151 (ed. Funk) – Kephalaia Kapitel 154 (ed. Schmidt/polotsky) Revisited / Wolf B. Oerter -- Syriac Texts In Manichaean Script: New Evidence / Nils Arne Pedersen -- Sogdian Manichaean Confessional Fragments In Sogdian Script In The Berlin Turfan Collection: The Fragments Of The Xwāstwānīft / Christiane Reck -- The “seal Of The Mouth” In The Anti-manichaean Polemic Of Ephrem The Syrian / Flavia Ruani -- The Concept Of Body And The Body Of Christ In The Manichaean Coptic Psalm-book / Cristos Theodorou -- La Manifestation De L’image Dans L’homélie Sur La Grande Guerre / Agnès Le Tiec -- The Last Remains Of Manichaeism In Villages Of Jinjiang County, China / Wang Yuanyuan And Lin Wushu -- Southern Chinese Version Of Mani’s Picture Book Discovered? / Yutaka Yoshida. Edited By Siegfried G. Richter, Charles Horton, Klaus Ohlhafer. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Nineteen Contributions In English, 2 In German, And 1 In French. Charles Horton, MANI - The Lost Religion of Light: The Interpretation of Manichaean Manuscripts for a General Audience Sara Antonietta Luisa Arnoldi, Der Kampf Augustins gegen die Manichäer: Das Beispiel der Schrift De Genesi contra Manichaeos Byard Bennett, The Physics of Light, Darkness and Matter in John the Grammarian’s First Homily against the Manichaeans: Early Byzantine Anti-Manichaean Literature as a Window on Controversies in later Neoplatonism Fernando Bermejo, Primal Man, Son of God: from Explicit to Implicit Christian Elements in Manichaeism Iris Colditz, The Abstract of a Religion or: What is Manichaeism? J. Kevin Coyle (†), Biblical Pseudepigrapha among North African Manichaeans Jean-Daniel Dubois, A Possible Liturgical Context for the First Hymn to Jesus in the Chinese Manichaean Hymnbook (col. 6–44) Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst, Abecedarian Hymns, a Survey of Published Middle Persian and Parthian Manichaean Hymns Jorinde Ebert, Individualisation of Redemption in a Manichaean Painting from Ningbo Majella Franzmann, Kephalaia 55 and the Great Free Woman: Concepts of Seclusion and Public Exhibition in Relation to Women and Female Figures in Manichaean Texts Zsuzsanna Gulácsi, Images of Jesus in Manichaean Art Gábor Kósa, Two Manichaean Judgment Scenes― MIK III 4959 V and the Yamato Bunkakan Sandōzu Painting Ma Xiaohe, Remains of the Religion of Light in Xiapu (霞浦) County, Fujian Province Gunner Mikkelsen, Recent Research on Chinese Manichaean Texts Wolf B. Oerter, Fragen an Kephalaia Kapitel 151 (ed. Funk) – Kephalaia Kapitel 154 (ed. Schmidt/Polotsky) Revisited Nils Arne Pedersen, Syriac Texts in Manichaean Script: New Evidence Christiane Reck, Sogdian Manichaean Confessional Fragments in Sogdian Script in the Berlin Turfan Collection: the Fragments of the Xwāstwānīft Flavia Ruani, The “Seal of the Mouth” in the Anti-Manichaean Polemic of Ephrem the Syrian Cristos Theodorou, The Concept of Body and the Body of Christ in the Manichaean Coptic Psalm-Book Agnès Le Tiec, La manifestation de l’image dans l’« Homélie sur la Grande Guerre » Wang Yuanyuan & Lin Wushu, The Last Remains of Manichaeism in Villages of Jinjiang County, China Yutaka Yoshida, Southern Chinese Version of Mani’s Picture Book Discovered? In 2009 the Seventh International Conference of Manichaean Studies was held at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin. The 22 selected papers of this volume offer a deep insight into the faith of Manichaean communities ranging from the very beginning of the Third century up to the last traces of worship today. Among others the authors deal with sources from Augustin, John the Grammarian, Ephrem the Syrian and further sources written in Coptic, Sogdian, Middle Persian, Parthian and Chinese. Several studies about Manichaean art and iconography offer a visual impression, which gives a new opportunity for understanding the religion of Light