The Religion of the Manichees

Manichaeism, now extinct, was a formidable rival to Christianity in the fourth and fifth centuries, and was a religion professed in parts of Central Asia for a thousand years. Our authorities for the study of it are the newly discovered fragments of Manichee literature from Turfan, in Chinese Turkes...

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Main Author: Burkitt, F. Crawford (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 1922
In: The journal of religion
Year: 1922, Volume: 2, Issue: 3, Pages: 263-276
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