Manichaean Encounters with Death: Studies in the Parabolic, Material and Spiritual Body (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9782503614267)

Born in Persian Mesopotamia in the year 232 CE, the self-proclaimed prophet Mani promulgated a dualist faith that rapidly spread throughout the Roman Empire, Central Asia and China. This monograph comprises a series of studies of the Manichaean conceptualization of death and the afterlife in the context of Manichaean soteriology, eschatology and anthropology. Material, documentary and liturgical evidence is analysed to ennrich knowledge of Manichaean funereal ritual and mourning practice. The monograph explores the thematic symbolism of the corpse in Manichaean parabolic literature, offering fresh interpretations and exploring the influence of Buddhist teachings on the impermanence of the body, karma and metempsychosis.

Author: Susanna Towers
ISBN-10: 2503614264
ISBN-13: 9782503614267
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Language: English
Published: 02/13/2025
Pages: 342
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs