- Title Pages
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Bibliography of Martin Krause
- 1 The Importance of the Fayoum for Coptic Studies
- 2 Linguistic Change and Religious Change: Thinking about the Temples of the Fayoum in the Roman Period
- 3 Manuscripts and Literature in Fayoumic Coptic
- 4 Schooldays in the Fayoum in the First Millennium
- 5 Biblical Interpretation and Alexandrian Episcopal Authority in the Early Christian Fayoum
- 6 The Library of the Monastery of the Archangel Michael at Phantoou (al-Hamuli)
- 7 The Coptic Manichaean Library from Madinat Madi in the Fayoum
- 8 Reconstructing the Landscape: Epigraphic Sources for the Christian Fayoum
- 9 The Monastery of Qalamun during the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
- 10 Metal Objects from the Fayoum in the Collection of the Coptic Museum in Cairo
- 11 The Christian Monuments of Tebtunis
- 12 Tunics from Naqlun
- 13 A Textile Puzzle from Arsinoë
- 14 Excavating the Ancient Monastery at Naqlun
- 15 The Medieval Coptic Cemetery at Naqlun
- 16 Early Christian Burials in the Fayoum
- 17 The Early Christian Churches of Tebtunis Discovered by the Italian Mission in 1930–1933
- 18 The RIEC Archaeological and Anthropological Surveys at the Site of Dayr al-Banat
- 19 Archaeological Remains of Everyday Life in the Fayoum
- 20 The Basketry from Excavations at Naqlun
- 21 Fayoum Portraits and their Influence on the First Coptic Icons
- 22 Christian Funerary Stelae from the Fayoum
- 23 Tradition Veiled in a Postmodern Form: Commemorative Art in the Shrine of Anba Abraam
- 24 Preservation of the Wall Paintings in the Church of the Archangel Gabriel at Naqlun
- 25 The Relation between the Fayoum and the Monastery of al-Suryan in the Late Medieval Period
- Bibliography
The Coptic Manichaean Library from Madinat Madi in the Fayoum
The Coptic Manichaean Library from Madinat Madi in the Fayoum
- Chapter:
- (p.71) 7 The Coptic Manichaean Library from Madinat Madi in the Fayoum
- Source:
- Christianity and Monasticism in the Fayoum Oasis
- Author(s):
Gawdat Gabra
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
This chapter examines the Coptic Manichaean library discovered at the Madinat Madi site in the Fayoum Oasis in Egypt. Manichaeism was a dualistic religion founded in Mesopotamia in the third century AD by Mani or Manichaios. He used missionary work to convince the whole world of his knowledge. This chapter explains the contents of the seven codices found in Fayoum and compares its meanings with the doctrines of other religions.
Keywords: Manichaeism, Coptic literature, religious literature, Madinat Madi, Fayoum Oasis, Egypt, Mani
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- Title Pages
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Bibliography of Martin Krause
- 1 The Importance of the Fayoum for Coptic Studies
- 2 Linguistic Change and Religious Change: Thinking about the Temples of the Fayoum in the Roman Period
- 3 Manuscripts and Literature in Fayoumic Coptic
- 4 Schooldays in the Fayoum in the First Millennium
- 5 Biblical Interpretation and Alexandrian Episcopal Authority in the Early Christian Fayoum
- 6 The Library of the Monastery of the Archangel Michael at Phantoou (al-Hamuli)
- 7 The Coptic Manichaean Library from Madinat Madi in the Fayoum
- 8 Reconstructing the Landscape: Epigraphic Sources for the Christian Fayoum
- 9 The Monastery of Qalamun during the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
- 10 Metal Objects from the Fayoum in the Collection of the Coptic Museum in Cairo
- 11 The Christian Monuments of Tebtunis
- 12 Tunics from Naqlun
- 13 A Textile Puzzle from Arsinoë
- 14 Excavating the Ancient Monastery at Naqlun
- 15 The Medieval Coptic Cemetery at Naqlun
- 16 Early Christian Burials in the Fayoum
- 17 The Early Christian Churches of Tebtunis Discovered by the Italian Mission in 1930–1933
- 18 The RIEC Archaeological and Anthropological Surveys at the Site of Dayr al-Banat
- 19 Archaeological Remains of Everyday Life in the Fayoum
- 20 The Basketry from Excavations at Naqlun
- 21 Fayoum Portraits and their Influence on the First Coptic Icons
- 22 Christian Funerary Stelae from the Fayoum
- 23 Tradition Veiled in a Postmodern Form: Commemorative Art in the Shrine of Anba Abraam
- 24 Preservation of the Wall Paintings in the Church of the Archangel Gabriel at Naqlun
- 25 The Relation between the Fayoum and the Monastery of al-Suryan in the Late Medieval Period
- Bibliography
