Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies in Literature Art

This volume consists of two sections. The first is a general analysis by Manfred Heuser of The Manichaean Myth According to Coptic Sources. The second is a collection of essays by Hans-Joachim Klimkeit on various aspects of Manichaeism including Manichaean symbolism and art. This volume consists of two sections, written by the two authors. The first section contains a study by Manfred Heuser on The Manichaean Myth According to Coptic Sources. This is the first systematic presentation of the basic myth as reflected in Coptic material. The second part is a collection of essays on Manichaeism by Hans-Joachim Klimkeit. The essays are concerned, inter alia, with Manichaean art and symbolism, including newly found examples of Manichaean art from Central Asia.