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The Founder of ManichaeismIain Gardner

Gnosticism & Christian Mysticism

The Founder of Manichaeism

Rethinking the Life of Mani

by Iain Gardner

A historical study of Mani's life that reassesses the sources, including the Cologne Mani Codex and newly published Coptic texts. Gardner places Mani firmly in the world of third-century Mesopotamia and the Sasanian court.

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