A Reader in Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian, Text with Notes

Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
	Sketch of Mani’s life and the growth of his church
	The further history of the Manichaean church in Iran and the east
	Mani’s teachings
		The myth
		The creation of the world
		The process of redemption
		The creation of man
		Individual salvation
		Fate of the individual soul at death
		End of the world
		The gods of the Manichaean pantheon
		Jesus in Manichaeism
	The Manichaean ethic
	The community
	The cult
	The Manichaean scriptures, canonical and general
	The manuscripts
	The alphabet and orthography
	Abbreviations, punctuation and transliteration
	Restorations in the texts
	Order of the texts
List of fragments reproduced
Brief bibliography of general works
	Reference works for grammar and syntax
Abbreviations of authors’ names and of titles used in the notes
The texts
	I Prose texts concerning Mani and the history of his church. a-s
	II Precepts for Hearers. t-w
	III Prose texts from Mani’s works, on cosmogony and eschatology. x-ac
	IV Prose texts from Mani’s works, on the soul and salvation, ad-ae
	V Hymns to the Father of Greatness. af-aka
	VI Hymns on cosmogony and eschatology. al-as
	VII Hymns to the Living Self, at-bf
	VIII Hymns to the Third Messenger. bg-bq
	IX Hymns to Jesus the Splendour. br-bv
	X Texts concerning Jesus the Messiah. bw-byd
	XI Texts concerning the Twelve Dominions. bz-cd
	XII Hymns in honour of Mani and individual church-leaders. ce-cla
	XIII Hymns for the church hierarchy and church dignitaries. cm-ct
	XIV Liturgical texts. cu-cv
	XV Verses from the Parthian hymn-cycles. cw-cz
	XVI Miscellaneous verse-texts. da-dgc
	XVII Parables and miscellaneous prose-texts. dh-ds.
	XVIII Prayers and invocations. dt-dz