The Baptist Followers of Mani: Reframing the Cologne Mani Codex
For decades, scholars of religious studies have questioned the anachronism of the category of "religion" for discussing the historical emergence of Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Beginning already with Wilfred Cantwell Smith in the 1960s, however, Manichaeism was heralded a...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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[2019]
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Anno: 2019, Volume: 66, Fascicolo: 2/3, Pagine: 243-270 |
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Codex Manichaicus Coloniensis
/ Manicheismo
/ Battisti
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| Notazioni IxTheo: | AZ Nuove religioni KDH Movimenti religiosi cristiani |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Baptists
B Cologne Mani Codex B Origin B Manichaeism B Parting of Ways B Sasanian Empire B Jewish Christian B Elchasaites |
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| Riepilogo: | For decades, scholars of religious studies have questioned the anachronism of the category of "religion" for discussing the historical emergence of Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Beginning already with Wilfred Cantwell Smith in the 1960s, however, Manichaeism was heralded as an exception to this pattern, and Mani has been understood as perhaps the first to found a new "religion." This article considers how this model shaped the interpretation of the Cologne Mani Codex (CMC) and offers a fresh reading of its rhetoric of differentiation and identification. It attends to how the CMC frames Mani as a reformer among the Baptists and in continuity with this Baptist past. It ultimately argues that the creators of the CMC did not think of "Manichaeism" as a distinct "religion." Finally, it aims to recalibrate the study of the Cologne Mani Codex towards broader attempts at situating it within a Syro-Mesopotamian milieu. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5276 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685276-12341539 |