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Foreword

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2020

Iain Gardner
Foreword by
Jason BeDuhn
Iain Gardner
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Jason BeDuhn
Affiliation:
Northern Arizona University
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The Foreword by Professor Jason BeDuhn (Professor of Religious Studies, Northern Arizona University) offers an overview of this book’s critical historiography of the life of Mani, based in part on scepticism regarding the previously known sources, and in part on newly available sources. In introducing this book’s approach, BeDuhn follows various depictions of Mani the 'Apostle of Jesus Christ', the 'Doctor from Babylon', the 'Illuminator' and the 'Great Interpreter' within both the Manichaean tradition and in polemical accounts.

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ManiManichaeismworld religionsLate AntiquitypapyrologyCoptichistoriographybiographypolemic
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The Founder of Manichaeism
Rethinking the Life of Mani
 , pp. viii - xx
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Foreword
  • Iain Gardner, University of Sydney
  • Foreword by Jason BeDuhn, Northern Arizona University
  • Book: The Founder of Manichaeism
  • Online publication: 16 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108614962.009
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  • Foreword
  • Iain Gardner, University of Sydney
  • Foreword by Jason BeDuhn, Northern Arizona University
  • Book: The Founder of Manichaeism
  • Online publication: 16 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108614962.009
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  • Foreword
  • Iain Gardner, University of Sydney
  • Foreword by Jason BeDuhn, Northern Arizona University
  • Book: The Founder of Manichaeism
  • Online publication: 16 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108614962.009
Available formats
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