The Founder of Manichaeism: Rethinking the Life of Mani

by Iain Gardner

Mani, a third-century preacher, healer and public sage from Sasanian Mesopotamia, lived at a pivotal time and place in the development of the major religions. He frequented the courts of the Persian Empire, debating with rivals from the Judaeo-Christian tradition, philosophers and gnostics, Zoroastrians from Iran and Buddhists from India. The community he founded spread from north Africa to south China and lasted for over a thousand years. Yet the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108499074
• ISBN13: 9781108499071
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"