TY - JOUR
AU - Han, Jae Hee
AB - AbstractThe Apostle of Jesus Christ, Mani, declares himself to be a “solitary one” (monērēs) no less than three times in the Cologne Mani Codex (CMC). Through a literary analysis that contextualizes the CMC both with contemporary Syrian depictions of anchoritic ascetics, on the one hand, and the hairy mountaineering anchorite (CMC 126.4-129.17) with Mani, on the other hand, this article argues that the redactor of the CMC sought to portray Mani as an anchoritic ascetic. Mani’s declaration to be a monērēs is therefore not incidental, but an essential marker of his identity, even as he sets out into the world as the Apostle of Jesus Christ.
TI - Mani the Anchorite, Mani the Apostle: The Cologne Mani Codex and Syrian Asceticism
JO - Vigiliae Christianae
DO - 10.1163/15700720-bja10052
DA - 2022-05-12
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/brill/mani-the-anchorite-mani-the-apostle-the-cologne-mani-codex-and-syrian-WKSp30c33L
SP - 47
EP - 68
VL - 77
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -