Studies In Manichaean Literature And Art (nag Hammadi And Manichaean Studies)

This volume consists of two sections, written by the two authors. The first section contains a study by Manfred Heuser on The Manichaean Myth According to Coptic Sources . This is the first systematic presentation of the basic myth as reflected in Coptic material. The second part is a collection of essays on Manichaeism by Hans-Joachim Klimkeit. The essays are concerned, inter alia, with Manichaean art and symbolism, including newly found examples of Manichaean art from Central Asia. Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Foreword Abbreviations Part I: The Manichaean Myth According to the Coptic Sources 1. Introduction 2. The Primal Condition 3. The Time-frame of the Mythic Events 4. The Cosmogonic Past 5. The Soteriological Present and the History of Humankind 6. The Eschatological Future 7. Groups of Gods and Ranges of Concepts 8. Concluding Comments Part II: Selected Studies 1. The Use of Scripture in Manichaeism 2. The Manichaean Doctrine of the Old and the New Man 3. The Fair Form, the Hideous Form and the Transformed Form: On the Form Principle in Manichaeism 4. The Gate as a Symbol in Manichaeism 5. Apocryphal Gospels in Central and East Asia 6. Manichaean Kingship: Gnosis at Home in the World 7. Temporal and Spiritual Power in Central Asian Manichaeism 8. Adaptations to Buddhism in East Iranian and Central Asian Manichaeism 9. Jesus' Entry into Parinirvāṇa: Manichaean Identity in Buddhist Central Asia 10. On the Nature of Manichaean Art 11. Indian Motivs in Manichaean Art 12. Manichaean Art on the Silk Road Bibliography This volume consists of two sections. The first is a general analysis by Manfred Heuser of The Manichaean Myth According to Coptic Sources. The second is a collection of essays by Hans-Joachim Klimkeit on various aspects of Manichaeism including Manichaean symbolism and art.