02884cam a2200505Mu 4500 ocn836400000 OCoLC 20200709055749.0 m d cr un| 130406s2011 enk o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP OCLCO OCLCQ N$T 9781845538514 (electronic bk.) 184553851X (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)836400000 547860 (N$T) BT1410 .R384 2011 REL 112000 bisacsh 299.932 N$TA Reeves, John C. Prolegomena to a history of Islamicate Manichaeism [electronic resource] / John C. Reeves. London : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2011. 1 online resource (347 p.) Comparative Islamic Studies Description based upon print version of record. Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations and Conventions; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chronological Arrangement of Authorities; Bibliography; Indices; Index of Citations of Primary Sources; Index of Ancient and Medieval Authors, Tradents, and Personages; Index of Scriptural and Parascriptural Characters; Index of Manichaeans and of Individuals Suspected or Accused of Zandaqa; Index of Modern Authors Prolegomena to a History of Islamicate Manichaeism provides an annotated anthology of primary sources highlighting Manichaeism, a dualist religion emerging in Mesopotamia in the third century and which spread rapidly throughout the Roman and Sasanian empires until it was violently suppressed by both polities. It nevertheless continued to flourish - largely clandestinely - in the Near East, Central Asia, and China until it finally disappeared at the beginning of the seventeenth century. This book translates and assesses the importance of a number of Arabic, Persian, Syriac, and even Hebrew lang. Manichaeism -- Apologetic works -- Early works to 1800. Manichaeism -- History -- Sources. Manichaeism -- History. Manichaeism -- Relations. RELIGION / Gnosticism bisacsh Manichaeism History. Manichaeism Relations. Electronic books. Print version: Reeves, John C. Prolegomena to a History of Islamicate Manichaeism London : Equinox Publishing Ltd,c2011 9781904768524 Comparative Islamic studies. http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1164309 Ebook Library EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=547860 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1164309 EBSCOhost EBSC 547860 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 52717 52717