Publication

2021 - BRILL

Language

English

Word Count

87,000 words, Guess

Page Count

348 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789004459762
  • ISBN-109004459766
  • Library of Congress Control Number2021008227
  • OCLC Control Number1237349221
  • Better World Books9789004459762
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Classifications

  • LCCBT1410.T45 2021
  • LCCBT1410 .T45 2021

Description

"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"--

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