The Mandaeans: The Last Gnostics - Couverture souple

Lupieri, Edmundo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802833500 ISBN 13 : 9780802833501

Editeur : William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2001

Synopsis

This book brings together for the first time a complete introduction to Mandaeanism, a fascinating branch of Gnosticism that survives into modern times.

The first part of the book provides a historical and sociological introduction to Mandaeanism. Edmondo Lupieri begins by portraying the traditional way of life of the Mandaeans in Iraq and Iran and introduces readers to the world of Mandaean ideas and their literary production. He then reconstructs the history of the interaction between Mandaeanism and the Western world, beginning with Ricoldo di Montecroce, a thirteenth- century Italian monk who is the first known European to write about the Mandaeans, and continuing on to present scholarship. Lastly, Lupieri provides a critical analysis of Mandaean written and oral traditions concerning their origin, history, and self-understanding -- including their view that they are the only ones on earth who possess the true and oldest faith.

The second part of the book is an anthology of translated Mandaean texts with notes. This gathering of writings presents the spiritual world of Mandaeanism with fragments of mythical-theological texts and pages of ethical and historical meditations. Special attention is given in the notes to the contraposition against other religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and other minor groups) and to the ideas Mandaeans have of biblical and historical figures.

Expertly researched, engagingly written, and enhanced with pictures of Mandaean art, this volume will interest a wide range of readers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edmondo Lupieri holds the John Cardinal Cody Chair of Theology at Loyola University Chicago, where he teaches New Testament and Early Christianity. The series editor of Italian Texts and Studies on Religion and Society, he has also written The Mandaeans: The Last Gnostics and A Commentary on the Apocalypse of John.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802833500
• ISBN 13: 9780802833501
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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