More Zoroastrian than Zoroaster?: The Problem of Zoroastrian Influence on Manichaeism Illustrated by a Version of the Manichaean Myth Preserved in Severus of Antioch, Titus of Bostra and Theodoret of Cyrus

The extent and modalities of Zoroastrian influence on Manichaeism is examined here on the basis of a version of the Manichaean myth attested in the heresiographical testimony of three late ancient Christian polemicists, Titus of Bostra, Theodoret of Cyrus and Severus of Antioch. A comparison of thes...

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Main Author: Gleede, Benjamin 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters [2020]
In: Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses
Year: 2020, Volume: 96, Issue: 2, Pages: 261-289
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Zoroastrianism / Manichaeism / Creation myth / Dualism
IxTheo Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
BF Gnosticism
NBD Doctrine of Creation
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
TD Late Antiquity
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