A Manichaean Hymn at Oxyrhynchus: A Reevaluation of P.Oxy. 2074

This article reevaluates the religious context of P.Oxy. 2074, a theological hymn from the Oxyrhynchus collection at Oxford University. Although P.Oxy. 2074 is generally thought to contain a portion of Melito of Sardis's otherwise lost treatise On Truth, the text's language, theology, and...

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Main Author: Smith, Geoffrey S. 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press [2016]
In: Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 81-97
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hunt, Arthur S. 1871-1934 / Bonner, Campbell 1876-1954 / Papyrus Oxyrhynchos 2074 / Hymn / Manichaeism
IxTheo Classification:BF Gnosticism
HH Archaeology
KBL Near East and North Africa
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Summary:This article reevaluates the religious context of P.Oxy. 2074, a theological hymn from the Oxyrhynchus collection at Oxford University. Although P.Oxy. 2074 is generally thought to contain a portion of Melito of Sardis's otherwise lost treatise On Truth, the text's language, theology, and genre strongly indicate that it does not belong to a hypothetical lost treatise of Melito, but to the corpus of Manichaean writings. P.Oxy. 2074 most likely preserves the fragmentary remains of a fifth-century Manichaean hymn. As a Greek Manichean hymn, we should welcome P.Oxy. 2074 as a new addition to the lengthy paper trail left by Manichaeans living in Egypt, a text that speaks to both the vitality of the Manichaean literary tradition and the diversity of the religious landscape of late antique Oxyrhynchus.
ISSN:1086-3184
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of early Christian studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/earl.2016.0007