AN IRANIAN CULTURAL APPROACH TO MANICHAEAN GNOSTICISM

The cultural origin of Manichaeism was first in Babylonia and Mesopotamia. Mani, although of an Iranian monarchy family, was nurtured in the Gnostic society of Babylonia. He was an expert intellectual and artist who had an undeniable and durable influence on Iranian culture through writing Gnostic w...

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Main Author: Esmailpour, Abolqasem (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dharmaram College 2005
In: Journal of Dharma
Year: 2005, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 247-259
Further subjects:B MANICHAEAN GNOSTICISM
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