A Manichaean Hymn at Oxyrhynchus: A Reevaluation of P.Oxy. 2074
This article reevaluates the religious context of P.Oxy. 2074, a theological hymn from the Oxyrhynchus collection at Oxford University. Although P.Oxy. 2074 is generally thought to contain a portion of Melito of Sardis's otherwise lost treatise On Truth, the text's language, theology, and...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
[2016]
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Journal of early Christian studies
Année: 2016, Volume: 24, Numéro: 1, Pages: 81-97 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Hunt, Arthur S. 1871-1934
/ Bonner, Campbell 1876-1954
/ Papyrus Oxyrhynchos 2074
/ Hymne
/ Manichéisme
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| RelBib Classification: | BF Gnosticisme HH Archéologie KBL Proche-Orient et Afrique du Nord |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | This article reevaluates the religious context of P.Oxy. 2074, a theological hymn from the Oxyrhynchus collection at Oxford University. Although P.Oxy. 2074 is generally thought to contain a portion of Melito of Sardis's otherwise lost treatise On Truth, the text's language, theology, and genre strongly indicate that it does not belong to a hypothetical lost treatise of Melito, but to the corpus of Manichaean writings. P.Oxy. 2074 most likely preserves the fragmentary remains of a fifth-century Manichaean hymn. As a Greek Manichean hymn, we should welcome P.Oxy. 2074 as a new addition to the lengthy paper trail left by Manichaeans living in Egypt, a text that speaks to both the vitality of the Manichaean literary tradition and the diversity of the religious landscape of late antique Oxyrhynchus. |
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| ISSN: | 1086-3184 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of early Christian studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/earl.2016.0007 |