Manichaeism in Mesopotamia and the Roman East



Lieu Samuel - Manichaeism in Mesopotamia and the Roman East

  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Mani and the Magians - CMC 137·140
  • The identity of the sect
  • Text and interpretation
  • The setting of the encounter
  • The Jews in Manichaean Literature
  • Chaldaeans in Manichaean Literature
  • Whose "synagogue"?
  • The Leader of the Sect
  • The "teaching of the fathers"
  • Magic in the "Synagogue"
  • Conclusion
  • From Mesopotamia to the Roman East - The Diffusion of Manichaeism in the Eastern Roman Empire
  • Manichaeism as a missionary religion
  • The earliest missions to the Roman Empire
  • Manichaeism in Roman Mesopotamia and Syria
  • Manichaeism in Palestine and Arabia
  • Manichacism in Egyp
  • Fragments in Syriac from Oxyrhynchus and others
  • The Manichaean codices from Medinet Madi
  • The Cologne Mani-Codex
  • The new finds at Kellis
  • History of Manichaeism in Egypt
  • Manichaeism in the Balkans and Asia Minor
  • Fact and Fiction in the Acta Archelai
  • Introduction
  • Date and original language
  • Charra, Carchara, Chalcar and Caschar
  • The debate, the letters and the vila
  • Conclusion
  • "Felix conversus ex Manichaeis" . a case of mistaken identity?
  • Some themes in Later Roman anti-Manichaean polemics
  • Introduction
  • Polemics against Mani and the Title of the Sect
  • Polemics against the person of Mani
  • Refutation of Mani's System
  • The Problem of Evil
  • Appendix: List of the main anti-Manichaean worksin Greek and Latin (3rd-6th Century)
  • An early Byzantine Formula for the renunciation of Manichaeism - The Capila VII Contra Maniehaeos of . Introduction. text. translation and commentary
  • Introduction
  • The abjuration of heretical beliefs in the Late Roman Church
  • The "Anathemas of Milan"
  • The Latin Anathema Formulas
  • The Greek Anathema Formulas
  • The new text from Athos
  • Conclusion
  • Texts and translations of the Seven Chapters and of the Long Formula
  • Commentary
  • Appendices
  • Anathemas against "latter day Manichaeans" (i.e. Paulicians) in the Long (Greek) Abjuration Formula
  • The Short (Greek) Abjuration Formula
  • The Milan Anathemas
  • The Commonitorium Saneti Augustini
  • Index of proper names
  • Index of Sources
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