Manichaean terminology in Syriac

Samuel N. C. Lieu

doi:10.2143/ARAM.16.0.504676

Manichaean terminology in Syriac

Samuel N. C. Lieu

Department of Ancient History

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Abstract

As the majority of Manichaean technici termini could be traced back to their Syriac roots, any serious terminological study of Manichaeism must begin with the Syriac version(s) of the terms even though our sources are very insubstantial in comparison to those in Middle Iranian and in Coptic or even Chinese. The author will follow the order of the names of the deities and the technici termini in Theodor bar Konai. He limits himself to a selection of the most significant names and terms from the first emanation and from the descriptions of the Kingdom of Light and the Kingdom of Darkness.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	129-140
Number of pages	12
Journal	ARAM Periodical
Volume	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2143/ARAM.16.0.504676
Publication status	Published - 2004

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