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Prolegomena to a Study of Women in Manichaeism

2001
This chapter talks about Manichaeism's idea of femaleness; its view of women in general; and the role to which its female followers were permitted access. There were women Manichaeans, and that like their male counterparts they were divided into Hearers and Elect.
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Manichaeism and early Christianity. Selected papers from the 2019 Pretoria congress and consultation. Edited by Johannes Van Oort. (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, 99.) Pp. xii + 446. Boston–Leiden: Brill, 2021. €132. 978 90 04 44545 1; 0929-2470

The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2023
Samuel N. C. Lieu
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Mani and Augustine: Collected Essays on Mani, Manichaeism and Augustine , by Johannes van Oort

Religion and Theology: A Journal of Contemporary Religous Discourse, 2023
C. L. de Wet
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'Manichaeism'

2005
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The Eschatology of Manichaeism as a Coherent Doctrine

Journal of Religious History, 1993
Apres avoir rappele le syncretisme forme par le manicheisme, l'A. presente une etude de ses enseignements eschatologiques, se fondant entre autres sur quelques passages de Kephalaia de ...
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Manichaeism and Ancient Mesopotamian "Gnosticism"

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions, 2005
AbstractThis essay compares Manichaean cosmogony with select ancient Mesopotamian myths with special emphasis on parallels between the Manichaean "First Creation" and the myth of the Descent of Inanna/Ishtar to the netherworld. It further compares the Manichaean "Second Creation" and "Third Creation" with aspects of the Babylonian Poem of Creation ...
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Characteristics Of Manichaeism In Roman Africa

2009
This chapter expands on the work of Francois Decret, the undisputed expert on Manichaeism in North Africa. If Augustine's experience is anything to go by, there was much in Manichaeism that appealed to North Africans; and that they put their own stamp on it seems beyond dispute.
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What Was The Manichaeism Augustine Knew?

2010
The issue of what sort of Manichaeism Augustine might have known only appears problematic if one realize that, organized as it was, like all widespread and long-standing religions Manichaeism took on different forms in diverse places and at various times.
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Manichaeism and Its Legacy

2009
I. MANI 1. Foreign and Insane: Labelling Manichaeism in the Roman Empire 2. Hesitant and Ignorant: The Portrayal of Mani in the Acts of Archelaus 3. A Clash of Portraits: Contrasts between Archelaus and Mani in the Acta Archelai II. MANICHAEAN THEMES 4. The Idea of the 'Good' in Manichaeism 5.
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Book Review: The Founder of Manichaeism: Rethinking the Life of Mani, Iain Gardner Fabrizio Petorella

Studies in Religion, 2022
Fabrizio Petorella
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