Jewish Lore in Manichaean Cosmogony

Studies in the Book of Giants Traditions

Reeves argues, in the light of evidence drawn from a number of recent manuscript discoveries and from a rich panorama of other textual sources, that the fundamental structure of Manichaean cosmogony is ultimately indebted to Jewish exegetical expansions of Genesis 6:1-4.
John C. Reeves
1992 / 260 pp / Monograph No. 14 / ISBN 0-87820-413-X, cloth: $49.95
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