Publication Date
2012
Publication Place
Turnhout -
Brepols
Subject
Pahlavi language > Texts. Sogdian language > Texts. Manichaens > Songs and music. Hymns.
Type
Book
Language
deu,eng,fas,sog
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
230
Physical Dimensions
230 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Library
Yale University
Library Asset ID
9782503546278 2503546277
Record ID
99111964293408651
Date
2012
Sample Text
The 'Speech of the Living Soul' is the only Middle Persian verse-cycle extensively preserved in the Turfan Collection in Berlin. It constitutes an important Manichaean text dedicated to the central Manichaean concept of the Living Soul, the light trapped in the material world which desires to return to its proper place in the paradise of light and which the Manichaeans have a duty to save. The fact that the language of the text is Middle Persian rather than Parthian suggests that it may have been made during Mani's lifetime though perhaps not by Mani himself. A small part of a Sogdian translation is also preserved. This edition presents 252 verses of the text on the basis of 54 fragments, some of which have never been published before.
Kataloğa Eklendi
January 17, 2013
Diğer Sorumlular
Sundermann, Werner
Bibliyografya
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-230).
Dizi
Berliner Turfantexte ; 30 Berliner Turfantexte ; 30
