Gospel of Mani
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The Living Gospel (also Great Gospel, Gospel of the Living and variants) was a 3rd-century
The Iranian scholar Al-Biruni (973–after 1050), who still had access to the full text at his time of writing, commented that it was a "gospel of a special kind", unlike any of the gospels of the Christians, and that the Manichaeans insisted that theirs was the only true gospel, and that the various gospels of the Christians misrepresented the truth about the Messiah.[3]
There is a tendency in historical scholarship to confuse the Mani's Living Gospel with another of his works,
It is known that the gospel had 22 parts, each labelled by a different letter of the
See also
References
- ^ G. Haloun and W.B. Henning, "The Compendium of the Doctrines and Styles of the Teaching of Mani the Buddha of Light", Asia Major, N. S. 3 (1952), 182-212, p. 205.
- ISBN 9780664227210, 404-409.
- ^ Schneemelcher, Wilhelm (ed); Wilson, Robert McLachan (English transl.1991; 2003): New Testament Apocrypha: Gospels and related writings. Cambridge: James Clark; Louisville, Kentucky: John Knox Press. Pp 406-411. (Link and website checked 2012-04-30.)
- ^ Schneemelcher, Wilhehelm (ed); Wilson, Robert McLachan (English transl.1991; 2003): New Testament Apocrypha: Gospels and related writings. Cambridge: James Clark; Louisville, Kentucky: John Knox Press. Pp 409. (Link and website checked 2012-04-30.)
- ^ Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2006): An Introduction to Manicheism. Early Iranian Civilizations 103 ', p 42. (Link and website checked 2012-04-30.)
- ^ Lardner, Nathaniel (1857): The works of Nathaniel Lardner in five volumes, Vol II. London: Thomas Hamilton, pp 151-157 (Link and website checked 2012-04-30.)
- ^ Lardner, Nathaniel (1857): The works of Nathaniel Lardner in five volumes, Vol II. London: Thomas Hamilton, pp 151-157 (Link and website checked 2012-04-30.)
