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Manichaean Codices Of Medinet Madi The
James M. Robinson
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Description for Manichaean Codices Of Medinet Madi The
Paperback. Expertly researched and meticulously presented, this is the story of the 4th century Manichaean Codices of Medinet Madi, their discovery, acquisition and conservation. Num Pages: 342 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: HRCC1; HRCM; HRQC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 309 x 28. Weight in Grams: 500.
The seven Manichaean papyrus codices of the fourth or fifth century were discovered in illicit excavation in 1929 in the Egyptian desert. They were acquired in about equal halves by A. Chester Beatty for his library and by Carl Schmidt for the papyrus collection of the Staatliche Museen of Berlin. Having had access to the inventories, correspondence, and files in Berlin, Robinson provides translations of the German and French documents to increase access to information previously unavailable to the scholarly community. He narrates the slow and problem-ridden path of the acquisition, conservation, and editing of these important works, including their movements between dealers, collectors, scholars, and the military in Egypt, London, Dublin, Berlin, Schondorf, Göttingen, Warsaw, Leningrad, Los Angeles, Claremont, and Copenhagen.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Number of Pages
342
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780227175040
SKU
V9780227175040
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About James M. Robinson
James M. Robinson is Professor of Religion Emeritus at Claremont Graduate University, where he was founder and director of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity. As permanent secretary of UNESCO's International Committee for the Nag Hammadi Codices, he edited 'The Coptic Gnostic Library', reprinted in five volumes (2000); among his many other publications is 'Language, Hermeneutic, and History'.
Reviews for Manichaean Codices Of Medinet Madi The
"This book is about one of the most sensational discoveries of ancient manuscripts made in the twentieth century, and the manifold obstacles their conservation and reading ran into. It contains the results of Robinson's meticulous research in the fate and inventories of the various parts of this collection, which even historians of religion are often not familiar with. . . . [T]his thoroughly researched survey . . . is a welcome source of information for scholars . . . not only for those working on the manuscripts but also for the broader range of historically interested people who are going to use these sources." Wolf-Peter Funk, Editor of the Berlin Coptic Manichaean manuscripts "It is without question very convenient to have all of this material gathered together in a single volume, and anglophones will be pleased to have an English version of the many excerpts of earlier scholarship. ....it will be a key resource for the study of the Manichaean materials from Medinet Madi for the forseeable future." -Brent Nongbri, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, Vol. 53, 2016 "...there is perhaps no better place for a post-graduate or scholar to dive in to specialized study of these manuscripts as the author provides a veritable treasure trove of information." -Gregory S. Paulson, Theological Book Review, Vol. 27 No.1, 2016