Mani at the court of the Persian kings : studies on the Chester Beatty Kephalaia Codex /

Mani at the Court of the Persian Kings explores new evidence from the Chester Beatty Kephalaia, which presents Mani at the heart of Sasanian Iran, in dialogue with sages and nobles, acting as a cultural mediator between East and West.Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Chester Beatty Kephalaia Codex (Gardner); Part 1. Studies on the Manichaean Kephalaia; Chapter 2. Mani's Wisdom at the Court of the Persian Kings: The Genre and Context of the Chester Beatty Kephalaia (Dilley); Chapter 3. Parallels between Coptic and Iranian Kephalaia: Goundesh and the King of Touran (BeDuhn); Chapter 4. The Final Ten Chapters (Gardner); Part 2. New Sources from the Chester Beatty Codex; Chapter 5. Also Schrieb Zarathustra? Mani As Interpreter of the 'Law of Zarades' (Dilley)Chapter 6. Iranian Epic in the Chester Beatty Kephalaia (BeDuhn)Chapter 7. Mani's Last Days (Gardner); Map and Table of Place Names; Part 3. Manichaeism and the History of Religions; Chapter 8. 'Hell Exists, and We Have Seen the Place Where It Is': Rapture and Religious Competition in Sasanian Iran (Dilley); Chapter 9. Mani and the Crystallization of the Concept of 'Religion' in Third Century Iran (BeDuhn); Works Cited; IndexMani at the Court of the Persian Kings explores new evidence from the Chester Beatty Kephalaia, which presents Mani at the heart of Sasanian Iran, in dialogue with sages and nobles, acting as a cultural mediator between East and West