A Manichaean church at Kellis

"This volume offers a comprehensive account of a Manichaean community in fourth-century Roman Egypt. The study analyses papyrological material from Kellis, a village in Egypt's Dakhleh Oasis, and their implications for Manichaeism as a socio-religious movement. Drawing on social network th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Teigen, Håkon Fiane
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Brill 2021, [2021]
Series:Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"This volume offers a comprehensive account of a Manichaean community in fourth-century Roman Egypt. The study analyses papyrological material from Kellis, a village in Egypt's Dakhleh Oasis, and their implications for Manichaeism as a socio-religious movement. Drawing on social network theory and engaging with current trends in the study of lived ancient religion, Teigen explores how lay families at Kellis cohered as a religious community. Whereas recent scholarship has seen the laity here as largely detached from distinctively Manichaean traditions, he argues that the papyri in fac reveal a community immersed in Manichaean ideas and practices. The book thereby shows how new religious identities were deeply entangled in everyday social life in late antiquity"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9004459774
9789004459762
9004459766