Geo Widengren and Manichaeism

Chiara O. Tommasi

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Chapter 14 Geo Widengren and Manichaeism

In: The Legacy, Life and Work of Geo Widengren and the Study of the History of Religions after World War II

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Pages:: 291–325

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004499386_015

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In accordance with his hardly paralleled mastering of virtually all the religious and literary traditions of the ancient Near and Middle East, in particular ancient Iran, which let his academic expertise encompass an area extending from Asia Minor to Iran and Central Asia, throughout a millennium, Geo Widengren showed some interest for Mani and Manichaeism as well. Although less known than his studies on older Iranian religious traditions, his research on Manichaeism is nonetheless worth being discussed. In Widengren’s perspective, if we consider the area in which the Manichaean tradition originated, before its universalistic spreading towards East and West, this religion might be, in fact, perceived as one of the last outcomes of Persian tradition. It is just as such that Widengren investigated it, videlicet assuming a pan-Iranian model of historical diffusion. The present chapter provide a reconsideration of Widengren’s contribution in the light of recent scholarship on Manichaeism.

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The Legacy, Life and Work of Geo Widengren and the Study of the History of Religions after World War II

Series: Numen Book Series, Volume: 174

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004499386

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 18 Oct 2021

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Part 1 Thesis and International Work

Part 2 Iranian Cultures, Languages and Religions

Part 3 A Phenomenological Approach

Part 4 Method, Criticism and a Public Intellectual

Part 5 Manichaeism and Gnosticism

Part 6 Postscript

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