Download or read book Manichaeism in Mesopotamia and the Roman East written by S.N.C. Lieu and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of Manichaeism, the first Gnostic world religion, has made major advances in the last few decades thanks to the continuing discovery and decipherment of genuine Manichaean texts from Egypt and Central Asia. This work brings together a number of major articles by the author published between 1981 and 1992 on the history of the sect in Mesopotamia and the Roman Empire. The studies have all been up-dated in the light of newly published material.