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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden
Brill
2021, [2021]
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| Series: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9004459774 9789004459762 9004459766 |