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Book Number
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000317766
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ISBN
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 9789004459762 (hardback)
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9789004459779 (ebook)
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Main Entry
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Teigen, Håkon Fiane ,. author.
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Title
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The Manichaean church in Kellis :. social networks and religious identity in late antique Egypt / by Håkon Fiane Teigen.
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Imprint
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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021].
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Descr.
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xix, 345 p. : maps. ; 24 cm.
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Series
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( Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ;ISSN:0929-2470 ; volume 100)
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Bibliogr.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
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Introduction: Mani’s Church and Social Life -- Life in Kellis: Society and Religion in an Oasis Town -- The Pamour Family: Familial and Economic Networks -- Village Networks: The Small World of Fourth-Century Kellis -- Manichaean Cues: Religious Identity in Everyday Life -- Manichaean Networks: The Social Networks of the Laity at Kellis -- Manichaean Books: Textual Practices, Community, and the Literary Texts -- Manichaean Rituals: Elect and Laity at Kellis -- The Manichaean Church: Elect Organisation -- Conclusion: A Church in the World.
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Abstract
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"This volume offers a comprehensive account of a Manichaean community in fourth-century Roman Egypt. The study analyses papyrological material from Kellis, a village in Egypt’s Dakhleh Oasis, and their implications for Manichaeism as a socio-religious movement. Drawing on social network theory and engaging with current trends in the study of lived ancient religion, Teigen explores how lay families at Kellis cohered as a religious community. Whereas recent scholarship has seen the laity here as largely detached from distinctively Manichaean traditions, he argues that the papyri in fac reveal a community immersed in Manichaean ideas and practices. The book thereby shows how new religious identities were deeply entangled in everyday social life in late antiquity"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject - Lib.Cong.
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Manichaeism.
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Manichaeans -- Egypt -- Kellis (Extinct city)
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Kellis (Extinct city) -- Civilization.
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Series AE-Uni.Title
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Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 100
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Gennadius Library
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