The Manichaean Psalm Book or Manichaean Psalter is a Manichaean text written in Coptic.[1] It is believed to have been compiled in the late 3rd century[2] or the mid-4th century.[3][1] Excavated in 1929 as part of the Medinet Madi library, the Psalm Book is believed to contain remnants of some of the earliest extant Manichaean literature.[4]
History
The Psalm Book was discovered at Medinet Madi in Egypt.[5] Like other works discovered at this site, it was written in a Coptic dialect typical of the Lycopolis region.[6] After its discovery, it was edited and published by Charles Allberry in 1938–9 from manuscripts in the Chester Beatty collection[7] and in the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
Contents
It contains references to Old Testament apocrypha[5] and references the Acts of Thomas, the Acts of John, and other Acts of the Apostles approvingly.[8] It refers to some events believed to be derived from the Acts of Andrew.[9] One of the psalms draws a line of tradition from Adam through Seth and Enoch to Mani.[5] One author has described one of the hymns as containing a "deep love of Jesus".[3]
Citations
- 1 2 Barnstone & Meyer 2009, p. 530.
- ↑ Klauck 2008, p. 16.
- 1 2 MacNeil 1988, p. 97.
- ↑ Stroumsa 2015, p. 92.
- 1 2 3 Richter, Horton & Ohlhafer 2015, p. 75.
- ↑ Corrigan & Rasimus 2013, p. 276.
- ↑ Theodor Harmsen (27 October 2005) Mani and Manichaeism in the BPH, Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica/J. R. Ritman Library
- ↑ Klauck 2008, p. 16,114.
- ↑ Elliott 1993, p. 231.
References
- Barnstone, W.; Meyer, M. (2009). The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition. Shambhala. ISBN 978-0-8348-2414-0.
- Corrigan, K.; Rasimus, T. (2013). Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World: Essays in Honour of John D. Turner. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-25476-3.
- Elliott, J.K. (1993). The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-152032-7.
- Klauck, H.J. (2008). The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles: An Introduction. Baylor University Press. ISBN 978-1-60258-159-3.
- MacNeil, B. (1988). One City, One Bishop?: Ecclesiological Reflections on the Eastern Catholic Churches (The Placid Lectures 1987). Placid lecture series. Dharmaram Publications ; published for Centre for Indian and Inter-religious Studies, Rome.
- Richter, S.G.; Horton, C.; Ohlhafer, K. (2015). Mani in Dublin: Selected Papers from the Seventh International Conference of the International Association of Manichaean Studies in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, 8â€"12 September 2009. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-28912-3.
- Stroumsa, G.G. (2015). The Making of the Abrahamic Religions in Late Antiquity. Oxford Studies in the Abrahamic Religions. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-105912-4.
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