The Manichaeans of the Roman East: Manichaeism in Greek anti-Manichaica and Roman imperial legislation
The Manichaeans of the Roman East is the first monograph that synthesizes an enormous body of primary material to reconstruct the history of East-Roman Manichaeans, from the time their first missionaries arrived in the territory of the Roman East until the disappearance of Manichaeism from the Easte...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies
volume 105 |
| Further subjects: | B
Manichaeism (Rome)
B Manichaeans Persecutions B Manichaeism B Roman Empire B Manichaeans (Rome) B Asceticism History Early church, ca. 30-600 B Asceticism B Thesis B Rome Religion |
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| Summary: | The Manichaeans of the Roman East is the first monograph that synthesizes an enormous body of primary material to reconstruct the history of East-Roman Manichaeans, from the time their first missionaries arrived in the territory of the Roman East until the disappearance of Manichaeism from the Eastern Roman Empire. Through her systematically comparative and intertextual investigation of the sources, Matsangou provides a number of original approaches to issues such as the classification of Manichaeism, the socio-religious profile and lifestyle of East Roman Manichaeans, the triggers of the severe anti-Manichaean persecutions. She thoroughly analyses the relationship between Manichaean and Christian ascetics for the first time, suggesting a possible Manichaean impact on the rise of ascetic manifestations among Christian ascetics, monks, and individuals in society. By considering the dimensions of the phenomenon of crypto-Manichaeism and using the concept of “entryism”—borrowed from politics—as a theoretical model, Matsangou makes intriguing hypotheses suggesting an alternative explanation for the disappearance of Manichaeism from the Roman East |
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| Item Description: | Bibliographie: Seite 515-557 Acknowledgements: "Slightly modified version of my Ph.D., which I defended in June 2021 at the University of Leiden" |
| ISBN: | 9004544224 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004544222 |