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The Manichaean Church in Kellis Håkon Fiane Teigen - 978-90-04-45977-9 Downloaded from Brill.com06/09/2021 09:31:13PM via free access Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies Editors Jason D. BeDuhn Dylan M. Burns Johannes van Oort Editorial Board A. D. Deconick – W.-P. Funk – I. Gardner S. N. C. Lieu – H. Lundhaug – A. Marjanen – L. Painchaud N. A. Pedersen – T. Rasimus – S. G. Richter M. Scopello – J. D. Turner† – F. Wursy Volume 100 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/nhms Håkon Fiane Teigen - 978-90-04-45977-9 Downloaded from Brill.com06/09/2021 09:31:13PM via free access The Manichaean Church in Kellis By Håkon Fiane Teigen LEIDEN | BOSTON Håkon Fiane Teigen - 978-90-04-45977-9 Downloaded from Brill.com06/09/2021 09:31:13PM via free access This is an open access title distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, which permits any non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided no alterations are made and the original author(s) and source are credited. Further information and the complete license text can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The terms of the CC license apply only to the original material. The use of material from other sources (indicated by a reference) such as diagrams, illustrations, photos and text samples may require further permission from the respective copyright holder. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Teigen, Håkon Fiane, author. Title: The Manichaean church in Kellis / by Håkon Fiane Teigen. Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, 0929–2470 ; volume 100 | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2021008227 (print) | LCCN 2021008228 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004459762 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004459779 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Manichaeism. | Manichaeans—Egypt—Kellis (Extinct city) | Kellis (Extinct city)—Civilization. Classification: LCC BT1410 .T45 2021 (print) | LCC BT1410 (ebook) | DDC 299/.932—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021008227 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021008228 Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface. ISSN 0929-2470 ISBN 978-90-04-45976-2 (hardback) ISBN 978-90-04-45977-9 (ebook) Copyright 2021 by Håkon Fiane Teigen. 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Håkon Fiane Teigen - 978-90-04-45977-9 Downloaded from Brill.com06/09/2021 09:31:13PM via free access For Astrid ∵ Håkon Fiane Teigen - 978-90-04-45977-9 Downloaded from Brill.com06/09/2021 09:31:13PM via free access Håkon Fiane Teigen - 978-90-04-45977-9 Downloaded from Brill.com06/09/2021 09:31:13PM via free access Contents Acknowledgments xi List of Tables, Figures, and Network Charts xiii Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Sources xiv A Note on Citations and Translations xvi Prelude xvii 1 Introduction: Mani’s Church and Social Life 1 1 Mani’s Church 1 2 The Sources 4 3 Manichaean Social Organisation 8 4 Theoretical Framework 22 Part 1 The Social World of Fourth-Century Kellis 2 Life in Kellis: Society and Religion in an Oasis Town 31 1 On the Road to the Oasis 31 2 The Dakhleh Oasis 32 3 The Village of Kellis 40 4 Oasis Society and Religious Movements 51 3 The Pamour Family: Familial and Economic Networks 53 1 The Circles of House 3 55 2 The Pamour Family 72 3 The Family Business 75 4 Conclusions 80 4 Village Networks: The Small World of Fourth-Century Kellis 81 1 Meet the Neighbours 82 2 Oasis Notables 85 3 The Village Elite 89 4 Villagers in the Valley 93 5 A Trade Association? 95 6 The Village Network 97 Håkon Fiane Teigen - 978-90-04-45977-9 Downloaded from Brill.com06/09/2021 09:31:13PM via free access viii Contents Part 2 A Manichaean Church: The Light Mind at Kellis 5 Manichaean Cues: Religious Identity in Everyday Life 109 1 Religious Identity and Lived Religion 109 2 Signalling Identity: Religious Cues in Papyrus Letters 113 3 Religious Cues in the Circles of House 3 115 4 Manichaean Cues 126 5 The Light Mind at Kellis 134 6 Conclusions 139 6 Manichaean Networks: The Social Networks of the Laity 140 1 The Social Composition of Manichaeism 140 2 Manichaean Social Networks 144 3 Counting Manichaeans 160 4 ‘Open’ or ‘Bounded’ Network? 167 5 Networks, Dissemination, and Tensions 176 7 Manichaean Books: Literary Texts and Textual Community 178 1 A Manichaean World 179 2 Manichaean Literature 182 3 Textual Practices 202 4 Textual Community, Manichaean Identity 209 8 Manichaean Rituals: Elect and Lay Practices 215 1 Identifying Elect 218 2 Auditor Almsgiving 224 3 Elect Services 243 4 Conclusions 250 9 The Manichaean Church: Elect Organisation 251 1 Itinerancy and Group-Making 253 2 Hierarchy and Supervision 259 3 Communal Spaces and ‘Monasteries’ 270 4 A Networked Manichaean Church 282 5 Conclusions 289 Håkon Fiane Teigen - 978-90-04-45977-9 Downloaded from Brill.com06/09/2021 09:31:13PM via free access Contents ix 10 Conclusion: A Church in the World 290 1 Manichaean Identity and ‘Manichaeism’ 291 2 The Elite-Lay Dichotomy 292 3 Reordering ‘Religion’ 294 4 The Fate of the Church 298 Bibliography 301 Index of Sources 329 Index of Names 337 Index of Subjects 340 Håkon Fiane Teigen - 978-90-04-45977-9 Downloaded from Brill.com06/09/2021 09:31:13PM via free access Håkon Fiane Teigen - 978-90-04-45977-9 Downloaded from Brill.com06/09/2021 09:31:13PM via free access
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