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Gnosis on the Silk RoadHans-Joachim Klimkeit
Gnosticism & Christian Mysticism
Gnosis on the Silk Road
Gnostic Texts from Central Asia
- First published1993
- TraditionGnosticism
- Shelf132 books
A collection of Manichaean texts in translation from Middle Persian, Parthian, Sogdian, Old Turkic and Chinese, mostly recovered at Turfan and Dunhuang. Hymns, parables and liturgical texts show how the religion adapted to the cultures of Central Asia.








