A Manichaean Church at Kellis /
Teigen, Håkon Fiane,
A Manichaean Church at Kellis / Håkon Fiane Teigen. - 1 online resource. - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; 100 Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441019 . - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; 100. Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441019. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume offers a comprehensive account of a Manichaean community in fourth-century Roman Egypt. The study analyses papyrological material from Kellis, a village in Egypt's Dakhleh Oasis, and their implications for Manichaeism as a socio-religious movement. Drawing on social network theory and engaging with current trends in the study of lived ancient religion, Teigen explores how lay families at Kellis cohered as a religious community. Whereas recent scholarship has seen the laity here as largely detached from distinctively Manichaean traditions, he argues that the papyri in fac reveal a community immersed in Manichaean ideas and practices. The book thereby shows how new religious identities were deeply entangled in everyday social life in late antiquity.
9789004459779 9789004459762
10.1163/9789004459779 DOI
History.
D1
905
A Manichaean Church at Kellis / Håkon Fiane Teigen. - 1 online resource. - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; 100 Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441019 . - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; 100. Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441019. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume offers a comprehensive account of a Manichaean community in fourth-century Roman Egypt. The study analyses papyrological material from Kellis, a village in Egypt's Dakhleh Oasis, and their implications for Manichaeism as a socio-religious movement. Drawing on social network theory and engaging with current trends in the study of lived ancient religion, Teigen explores how lay families at Kellis cohered as a religious community. Whereas recent scholarship has seen the laity here as largely detached from distinctively Manichaean traditions, he argues that the papyri in fac reveal a community immersed in Manichaean ideas and practices. The book thereby shows how new religious identities were deeply entangled in everyday social life in late antiquity.
9789004459779 9789004459762
10.1163/9789004459779 DOI
History.
D1
905