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Byzantium to China: Religion, History and Culture on the Silk Roads
Studies in Honour of Samuel N.C. Lieu
Series: - Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity, Volume: 25
This collection of papers reflects the interests and influence of Samuel N. C. Lieu on scholars and students during his academic career. It demonstrates not only the importance of his work on Manichaeism, but his broader intellectual contribution to early Christian, Roman, Byzantine, and comparative historical studies. His impact on Manichaean studies has been unparalleled resulting in several prestigious book series devoted to the linguistic and historical study of Mani and his religion. It is largely thanks to his enterprise that scholars now have access to an extensive library of texts and images unavailable to earlier researchers. The volume honours the life and work of a remarkable scholar of international renown.
Gunner B. Mikkelsen is Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University, Sydney. Among his publications are Dictionary of Manichaean Texts in Chinese (2006), Between Rome and China (2016), Tractatus Manichaicus Sinicus (2017) and The Gnostic World (2019).
Ken Parry is Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University, Sydney. Among his publications are Depicting the Word: Byzantine Iconophile Thought of the Eighth and Ninth Centuries (1996), and Art, Architecture and Religion Along the Silk Roads (2008). He has recently contributed to Brillâs A Companion to Byzantine Iconoclasm (2021).
Ken Parry is Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University, Sydney. Among his publications are Depicting the Word: Byzantine Iconophile Thought of the Eighth and Ninth Centuries (1996), and Art, Architecture and Religion Along the Silk Roads (2008). He has recently contributed to Brillâs A Companion to Byzantine Iconoclasm (2021).
Foreword
List of Figures and Tables
Contributors
Publications of Samuel N.C. Lieu
Tabula Gratulatoria
1 NÄrÄyaá¹a Buddha: Adaptation of Manichaean Prophetology in South, Central, and East Asia
âJason BeDuhn
2 Sacred Space: The Orkhon Valley and the Empires of the Steppe
âCraig Benjamin
3 The Nag Hammadi Codices and Monasticism
âMalcolm Choat
4 Non-Zoroastrians in Zoroastrian Law: The Sasanian Law Book in Comparison to Later Pahlavi Texts
âIris Colditz
5 An Uncivilized Empire: Xuanzang on Persia
âMax Deeg
6 Another Coptic Manichaean Psalm to Jesus (Nº 242)
âJean-Daniel Dubois
7 Romeâs Eastern Trade and Imperialism from Augustus to the Severans
âPeter M. Edwell
8 A Stranger Twice Over: Manichaean Ideology and Mission
âMajella Franzmann
9 The Construction of an Iranian Lineage for Manichaeism
âIain Gardner
10 Procopius and the Kings of Persia
âGeoffrey Greatrex
11 The Footprint of Maniâs Book of Pictures in Late Antique Sources: An Assessment of Social and Geographical Data about Teachings with Images among the Manichaeans During the 3rd and 4th Centuries
âZsuzsanna Gulácsi
12 Debating with the Jews at Turfan
âErica C.D. Hunter
13 Between Marcion and Mani: Open Questions for a Continuing Conversation
âJudith M. Lieu
14 Chinese and Western Resources for a Global Ethic
âTorbjörn Lodén
15 Mani Eats Greek Bread: The Sitz im Leben of the Cologne Mani-Codex
âPaul McKechnie
16 Xuanzongâs Edict of 732 on Manichaeism
âGunner Mikkelsen
17 Historical Fiction in Syriac and the Clash of Religions and Cultures in the Late Antique Near East
âFergus Millarâ
18 More Fruits and Trees in Manichaean Sogdian
âEnrico Morano
19 Whatâs in a Name? Papyrus Evidence for Christian Female Onomastic Practice in Egypt during the Period of Christianisation to the Early Byzantine Period
âAlanna Nobbs
20 What Did Augustine See? Augustine and Maniâs Picture Book
âJohannes van Oort
21 Pierre Gillesâ Constantinople: A 16th-Century Frenchman in the City of Suleyman the Magnificent
âKen Parry
22 First Man and Third Messenger in Manichaean Mythology
âNils Arne Pedersen
23 The Manichaean Contour Letters
âChristiane Reck
24 Following the Persians: Alexander the Great, His Mints at Tarsus and Babylon, and the Minting Practices of Persian and Greek Satraps
âKenneth A. Sheedy
25 The Rediscovery of Sogdian
âNicholas Sims-Williams
26 Traces of Christianity in the Land of the Tangut from the 8th to the 14th Century
âLi Tang
27 Did Christianity (or St. Thomas) Come to 1st-Century China?
âGlen L. Thompson
28 âVous avez eu le courage de dire ce que pensent les meilleurs turquisantsâ: la correspondance Antoine Meillet / Willy Bang [Kaup]
âAloïs van Tongerlooâ and Herman Seldeslachts
29 On the Manichaean Preacher Hulu Fashi of the Tang Dynasty
âWang Yuanyuan and Lin Wushu
30 Christians in the Service of the Tang Emperor Suzong (756â762): A Curious Poem by Li Bo
âDavid Wilmshurst
31 Sogdian Christians in China, Turfan and Sogdiana
âYutaka Yoshida
32 Notes on a Turkic Manichaean Benediction Hymn
âPeter Zieme
Index of Places
Index of Names
List of Figures and Tables
Contributors
Publications of Samuel N.C. Lieu
Tabula Gratulatoria
1 NÄrÄyaá¹a Buddha: Adaptation of Manichaean Prophetology in South, Central, and East Asia
âJason BeDuhn
2 Sacred Space: The Orkhon Valley and the Empires of the Steppe
âCraig Benjamin
3 The Nag Hammadi Codices and Monasticism
âMalcolm Choat
4 Non-Zoroastrians in Zoroastrian Law: The Sasanian Law Book in Comparison to Later Pahlavi Texts
âIris Colditz
5 An Uncivilized Empire: Xuanzang on Persia
âMax Deeg
6 Another Coptic Manichaean Psalm to Jesus (Nº 242)
âJean-Daniel Dubois
7 Romeâs Eastern Trade and Imperialism from Augustus to the Severans
âPeter M. Edwell
8 A Stranger Twice Over: Manichaean Ideology and Mission
âMajella Franzmann
9 The Construction of an Iranian Lineage for Manichaeism
âIain Gardner
10 Procopius and the Kings of Persia
âGeoffrey Greatrex
11 The Footprint of Maniâs Book of Pictures in Late Antique Sources: An Assessment of Social and Geographical Data about Teachings with Images among the Manichaeans During the 3rd and 4th Centuries
âZsuzsanna Gulácsi
12 Debating with the Jews at Turfan
âErica C.D. Hunter
13 Between Marcion and Mani: Open Questions for a Continuing Conversation
âJudith M. Lieu
14 Chinese and Western Resources for a Global Ethic
âTorbjörn Lodén
15 Mani Eats Greek Bread: The Sitz im Leben of the Cologne Mani-Codex
âPaul McKechnie
16 Xuanzongâs Edict of 732 on Manichaeism
âGunner Mikkelsen
17 Historical Fiction in Syriac and the Clash of Religions and Cultures in the Late Antique Near East
âFergus Millarâ
18 More Fruits and Trees in Manichaean Sogdian
âEnrico Morano
19 Whatâs in a Name? Papyrus Evidence for Christian Female Onomastic Practice in Egypt during the Period of Christianisation to the Early Byzantine Period
âAlanna Nobbs
20 What Did Augustine See? Augustine and Maniâs Picture Book
âJohannes van Oort
21 Pierre Gillesâ Constantinople: A 16th-Century Frenchman in the City of Suleyman the Magnificent
âKen Parry
22 First Man and Third Messenger in Manichaean Mythology
âNils Arne Pedersen
23 The Manichaean Contour Letters
âChristiane Reck
24 Following the Persians: Alexander the Great, His Mints at Tarsus and Babylon, and the Minting Practices of Persian and Greek Satraps
âKenneth A. Sheedy
25 The Rediscovery of Sogdian
âNicholas Sims-Williams
26 Traces of Christianity in the Land of the Tangut from the 8th to the 14th Century
âLi Tang
27 Did Christianity (or St. Thomas) Come to 1st-Century China?
âGlen L. Thompson
28 âVous avez eu le courage de dire ce que pensent les meilleurs turquisantsâ: la correspondance Antoine Meillet / Willy Bang [Kaup]
âAloïs van Tongerlooâ and Herman Seldeslachts
29 On the Manichaean Preacher Hulu Fashi of the Tang Dynasty
âWang Yuanyuan and Lin Wushu
30 Christians in the Service of the Tang Emperor Suzong (756â762): A Curious Poem by Li Bo
âDavid Wilmshurst
31 Sogdian Christians in China, Turfan and Sogdiana
âYutaka Yoshida
32 Notes on a Turkic Manichaean Benediction Hymn
âPeter Zieme
Index of Places
Index of Names
This volume will be of interest to scholars and students of Manichaeism, Eastern Christianity, Oriental Studies, and Silk Road Studies.