| List of plates |
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| List of maps |
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| List of contributors |
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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Notes for the reader |
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| List of abbreviations |
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| 1 Introduction |
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1 | (45) |
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1 | (2) |
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3 | (5) |
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8 | (13) |
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21 | (4) |
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The development of Manichaean studies |
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25 | (10) |
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The survival of Manichaean texts from the Roman Empire |
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35 | (11) |
| 2 The life of Mani |
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46 | (63) |
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Childhood, youth and calling |
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46 | (27) |
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1 Mani's parentage, birth, childhood and adolescence |
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46 | (1) |
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2 Mani's own version of early revelations from his divine Twin |
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47 | (1) |
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3 Incidents from Mani's youth showing his refusal to harm even plants |
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48 | (1) |
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4 Mani's account of his call |
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49 | (9) |
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5 Mani's conflicts and break with the baptist community |
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58 | (8) |
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6 The beginning of Mani's mission |
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66 | (7) |
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Mani at the court of the Shahanshah (King of Kings) |
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73 | (6) |
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7 Mani's calling and his summons before Shapur I |
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73 | (2) |
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8 Mani's first encounter with Shapur I |
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75 | (1) |
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9 Mani recounts his travels |
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76 | (3) |
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The last days and death of Mani |
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79 | (23) |
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10 Mani's change of fortune after the death of Hormizd |
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79 | (5) |
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11 The confrontation between Mani and King Vahram I |
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84 | (1) |
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12 Mani's imprisonment and death |
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85 | (3) |
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13 Mani's entry into parinirvana |
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88 | (1) |
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14 Praise for the martyred Mani |
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89 | (2) |
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15 The sufferings of Mani compared to those of other true apostles |
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91 | (2) |
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16 The institution of the bema |
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93 | (1) |
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17 The death of Mani compared to the trial and crucifixion of Jesus the Messiah |
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94 | (1) |
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18 The death of Mani commemorated in two bema psalms |
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95 | (7) |
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The Manichaean church under Sisinnios and his successor Innaios |
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102 | (7) |
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19 Persecution of the Manichaean church |
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102 | (2) |
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20 The prayer and martyrdom of Sisinnios (Mar Sisin) |
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104 | (5) |
| 3 Manichaeism in the Roman Empire |
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109 | (42) |
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Early mission and reaction |
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111 | (8) |
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21 The mission of Mar Adda and Pattek the teacher |
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111 | (1) |
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22 The healing of Nafsa of Tadmor (Palmyra) by Mar Adda |
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112 | (2) |
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23 A warning against Manichaean missionaries |
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114 | (1) |
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24 Alexander of Lycopolis on the Manichaean mission in Egypt |
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115 | (1) |
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25 Edict (rescript) of Diocletian against the sect (AD 302) |
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116 | (3) |
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26 Warning against door-to-door missions by the Manichaeans |
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119 | (1) |
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Manichaeans and Christian ascetics in Egypt |
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119 | (6) |
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27 Manichaeans out-argued by Didymus the Blind |
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119 | (1) |
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28 A travelling Manichaean converted by true `hospitality' |
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120 | (1) |
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29 A Manichaean missionary challenged to trial by fire |
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121 | (1) |
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30 A food-test imposed by the Patriarch Timothy |
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121 | (1) |
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31 A story of two Manichaean merchants |
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122 | (3) |
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Manichaeism in the Levant, Asia Minor and Greece |
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125 | (5) |
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32 The debate between the Manichaea Julia and Porphyry the bishop of Gaza |
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125 | (4) |
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33 The conversion of the Manichaeans at Ziph |
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129 | (1) |
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34 The works of Mani and of Mar Adda refuted by Heraclianus of Chalcedon |
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129 | (1) |
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Manichaeism in Italy and North Africa |
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130 | (15) |
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35 The young Augustine joins the sect at Carthage as a hearer |
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130 | (4) |
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36 A Manichaean house at Rome |
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134 | (2) |
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37 Letter of the Manichaean Secundinus to Augustine |
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136 | (6) |
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38 The Manichaean Firmus converted by a sermon of Augustine's |
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142 | (1) |
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39 Victorinus exposed as a crypto-Manichaean |
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143 | (1) |
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40 Manichaeans detected and punished in Carthage |
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144 | (1) |
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Select legislations against the Manichaeans from Theodosius to Justinian |
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145 | (6) |
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41 Anti-Manichaean legislation issued by Theodosius |
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145 | (4) |
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42 The death penalty for Manichaeans |
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149 | (1) |
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43 Mandate of Justinian I on Manichaeans' wills |
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150 | (1) |
| 4 The scriptures of Mani |
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151 | (25) |
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44 Mani's canon according to the Kephalaia |
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153 | (1) |
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45 Canon lists from an Arabic and a Chinese source |
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154 | (2) |
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46 From The Living Gospel |
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156 | (3) |
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47 From The Treasure of Life |
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159 | (1) |
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48 From an unnamed work of Mani, probably The Pragmateia |
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160 | (3) |
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49 From The Psalms and Prayers (?) |
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163 | (2) |
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50 The titles of Mani's Epistles |
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165 | (1) |
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51 A quotation from `The Letter to Edessa' |
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166 | (1) |
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52 Passages from The Epistles preserved at Ismant el-Kharab |
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166 | (2) |
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53 'The Fundamental Epistle' |
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168 | (4) |
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54 'The Letter to Menoch' |
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172 | (2) |
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55 Spurious letters attributed to Mani |
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174 | (2) |
| 5 Teachings |
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176 | (55) |
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56 The community sing 'the knowledge of Mani' |
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176 | (3) |
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57 Alexander of Lycopolis on the Manichaean system |
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179 | (3) |
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58 The Acta Archelai on cosmogony |
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182 | (5) |
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59 Augustine's summary of the teaching |
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187 | (4) |
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60 An account of the evocation of the gods |
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191 | (3) |
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61 'The prayer of the emanations' |
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194 | (2) |
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62 Concerning the coming of the soul |
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196 | (3) |
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63 The five worlds of the kingdom of darkness |
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199 | (3) |
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64 The 'three days' and the 'two deaths' |
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202 | (2) |
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65 The seven works of the Living Spirit |
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204 | (1) |
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66 Mani discusses astrology |
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205 | (3) |
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67 The Coptic treatise on the Light Mind |
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208 | (9) |
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217 | (1) |
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69 Augustine on Manichaean Christology |
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218 | (1) |
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70 A psalm by Herakleides |
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219 | (1) |
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71 The great war and the last judgement |
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220 | (6) |
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72 Four recently edited Kephalaia |
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226 | (3) |
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73 Manichaean and other 'errors' concerning the destiny of the soul after death (Christian polemic) |
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229 | (2) |
| 6 Worship and ethic |
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231 | (28) |
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74 The essential precepts of the elect and the catechumens |
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231 | (1) |
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75 The archetypes of ritual action |
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232 | (4) |
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236 | (1) |
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77 Augustine on the bema festival |
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237 | (1) |
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237 | (3) |
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79 The profits of fasting |
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240 | (1) |
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240 | (4) |
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81 Augustine on Manichaean ethics |
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244 | (1) |
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82 Augustine on the redemption of the light particles |
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245 | (1) |
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83 A psalm of the universal soul |
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246 | (1) |
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84 A psalm to glorify the Mind |
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247 | (2) |
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85 Mani's discourse on the 'assent' and the 'amen' |
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249 | (3) |
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252 | (1) |
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87 A psalm in praise of Jesus |
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253 | (1) |
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88 A psalm to the Trinity |
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254 | (2) |
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89 A prayer for the ascent of the soul |
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256 | (3) |
| 7 Community texts |
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259 | (23) |
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260 | (5) |
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91 On the ten advantages of the Manichaean religion |
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265 | (3) |
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92 An apologia for the distinction between elect and hearer |
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268 | (4) |
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93 A father instructs his young son |
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272 | (3) |
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94 The son writes to his mother |
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275 | (2) |
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95 An elect encourages a sick catechumen |
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277 | (1) |
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96 An elect writes to ask for alms |
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277 | (1) |
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97 A Manichaean scribe sends a spell to a colleague |
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278 | (2) |
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98 Horion discusses preparations for the agape |
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280 | (2) |
| List and concordance of texts |
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282 | (8) |
| Glossary |
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290 | (8) |
| Bibliography |
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298 | (9) |
| Index |
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