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The Manichaean Church. An Essay Mainly Based on the Texts from Central Asia, By C. Leurini . (Serie Orientale Roma. n.s. 1). pp. vi, 428. Rome, Scienze e Lettere, 2013.

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The Manichaean Church. An Essay Mainly Based on the Texts from Central Asia, By C. Leurini . (Serie Orientale Roma. n.s. 1). pp. vi, 428. Rome, Scienze e Lettere, 2013.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2015

Iris Colditz
Iris Colditz*
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Freie Universität Berlin, icolditz@campus.fu-berlin.de
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , July 2016 , pp. 513 - 516
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1 For ahlaw as loan word cf. Sundermann, W., Die Rede der Lebendigen Seele. Ein manichäischer Hymnenzyklus in mittelpersischer und soghdischer Sprache (Turnhout, 2012) (Berliner Turfantexte XXX), pp. 122fGoogle Scholar.

2 Cf. Colditz, I., “The Abstract of a Religion Or: What is Manichaeism?” In: Richter, R. G., Horton, Ch., Ohlhafer, K. (eds.), Mani in Dublin: Selected Papers from the Seventh International Conference of the International Association of Manichaean Studies in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, 8–12 September 2009, Leiden 2015 (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 88), pp. 47–70 Google Scholar.

3 Leurini takes it as a neologism, but cf. Parth. ammōzǎg and the very similar Phl. hammōzgār “teacher”.

4 Cf. Jones, S. F., “The Book of Elchasai in its Relevance for Manichaean Institutions with a supplement: The Book of Elchasai Reconstructed and translated.” ARAM 16 (2004), pp. 176–215 CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

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8 Cf. Mikkelsen, G. B., Dictionary of Manichaean texts in Chinese, (Turnhout, 2006) (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum. Subsidia: Dictionary of Manichaean texts 3,4)Google Scholar.