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

Product Description


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.


Review


"Many insightful contributions... in this volume [and] lavish colourplates [...] a wonderful supplement to the intellectually stimulating volume and result in discussions that enrich both the mind and the eye." - Paul Foster,
University of Edinburgh, in:
The Expository Times 127 (3)
"Like all the previous collections of proceedings of the International Association of Manichaean Studies, this latest volume greatly advances many aspects of Manichaean studies: history, theology, codicology and iconography, to name but a few." - Samuel N.C. Lieu, in:
Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum, 2016


About the Author


Siegfried G. Richter, Dr. phil. habil is apl. Prof. in Coptology and research associate at the Institute for New Testament Textual Research at the University of Münster. His main topics are Manichaeism, Christian Nubia, and the Coptic tradition of the New Testament.

Charles Horton M.A., was Head of Collections and Curator of the Western Collections of the Chester Beatty Library. His numerous works on the history of the Library and it's collections include:
The Earliest Gospels: The Origins and Transmission of the Earliest Christian Gospels - The Contribution of the Chester Beatty Gospel Codex P45.

Klaus Ohlhafer, M.A., Egyptologist, is lecturer at the Institute for Egyptology and Coptology, University of Münster, and is preparing a thesis about the Ramesside period.