Manichaeism and the Revelation of the Magi: Syriac “Christianities” in Late Antique Mesopotamia

Manichaeism and the Revelation of the Magi: Syriac “Christianities” in Late Antique MesopotamiaHugoye: Journal of Syriac StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/X4PPFPVD/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.TimothyPettipieceManichaeism and the Revelation of the Magi: Syriac “Christianities” in Late Antique Mesopotamiahttp://syriaca.org/cbss/X4PPFPVDhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/X4PPFPVDhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/X4PPFPVDHugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies24:22021411-452The recently published Syriac Revelation of the Magi has proven to be a remarkable addition to the corpus of early Christian apocryphal literature. This unique amplification of the traditional Nativity narrative recounts the Magi’s encounter with a “star-child” who leads them from their homeland in the far east to the birth of Jesus at Nazareth, where the polymorphic nature of Christ is revealed along with his message of universal salvation. Interestingly, the Revelation of the Magi contains several important points of contact with early Manichaean texts. This paper will examine what those shared motifs might tell us about the common milieu out of which both Manichaeism and the Revelation of the Magi might have emerged. Pettipiece, Timothy. “Manichaeism and the Revelation of the Magi: Syriac ‘Christianities’ in Late Antique Mesopotamia.” Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 24:2 (2021): 411–52. Timothy Pettipiece, Manichaeism and the Revelation of the Magi: Syriac ‘Christianities’ in Late Antique Mesopotamia,” Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 24:2 (2021): 411–52.IV-VII CEMagiManichaeismNT apocryphaRevelation of Magiheterodoxy