Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; part I pentadic redaction in the manichaean kephalaia; part ii translations from the kephalaia of the teacher [berlin codex]; Appendix. Theodore Bar Khonai's Résumé of the Manichaean Myth (Annotated Translation); Works Cited; General Index; Index of Modern Authors
Summary
This study identifies a significant redactional tendency whereby the compilers of the ""Kephalaia"" sought to clarify ambiguities in a oecanonicala Manichaean tradition by means of five-part numerical series, thereby challenging the conventional wisdom of Manichaean scholarship about the consistency of Manichaean doctrine
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236) and indexes
