Byzantium to China : religion, history and culture on the silk roads : studies in honour of Samuel N.C. Lieu / edited by Gunner B. Mikkelsen, Ken Parry.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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.

1 Nārāyaṇa Buddha: Adaptation of Manichaean Prophetology in South, Central, and East Asia / Jason BeDuhn -- Sacred Space: The Orkhon Valley and the Empires of the Steppe / Craig Benjamin -- The Nag Hammadi Codices and Monasticism / Malcolm Choat -- Non-Zoroastrians in Zoroastrian Law: The Sasanian Law Book in Comparison to Later Pahlavi Texts / Iris Colditz -- An Uncivilized Empire: Xuanzang on Persia / Max Deeg -- Another Coptic Manichaean Psalm to Jesus (Nº 242)  / Jean-Daniel Dubois -- Rome’s Eastern Trade and Imperialism from Augustus to the Severans / Peter M. Edwell -- A Stranger Twice Over: Manichaean Ideology and Mission / Majella Franzmann -- The Construction of an Iranian Lineage for Manichaeism / Iain Gardner -- Procopius and the Kings of Persia / Geoffrey Greatrex -- The Footprint of Mani’s Book of Pictures in Late Antique Sources: An Assessment of Social and Geographical Data about Teaching with Images among the Manichaeans During the 3rd and 4th Centuries / Zsuzsanna Gulácsi -- Debating with the Jews at Turfan / Erica C.D. Hunter -- Between Marcion and Mani: Open Questions for a Continuing Conversation / Judith M. Lieu -- Chinese and Western Resources for a Global Ethic / Torbjörn Lodén -- Mani Eats Greek Bread: The Sitz im Leben of the Cologne Mani-Codex / Paul McKechnie -- Xuanzong’s Edict of 732 on Manichaeism / Gunner Mikkelsen -- Historical Fiction in Syriac and the Clash of Religions and Cultures in the Late Antique Near East / Fergus Millar† -- More Fruits and Trees in Manichaean Sogdian / Enrico Morano -- What’s in a Name? Papyrus Evidence for Christian Female Onomastic Practice in Egypt during the Period of Christianisation to the Early Byzantine Period / Alanna Nobbs -- What Did Augustine See? Augustine and Mani’s Picture Book / Johannes van Oort -- Pierre Gilles’ Constantinople: A 16th-Century Frenchman in the City of Suleyman the Magnificent / Ken Parry -- First Man and Third Messenger in Manichaean Mythology / Nils Arne Pedersen -- The Manichaean Contour Letters / Christiane Reck -- Following the Persians: Alexander the Great, His Mints at Tarsus and Babylon, and the Minting Practices of Persian and Greek Satraps / Kenneth A. Sheedy -- The Rediscovery of Sogdian / Nicholas Sims-Williams -- Traces of Christianity in the Land of the Tangut from the 8th to the 14th Century / Li Tang -- Did Christianity (or St. Thomas) Come to 1st-Century China? / Glen L. Thompson -- “Vous avez eu le courage de dire ce que pensent les meilleurs turquisants”: la correspondance Antoine Meillet / Willy Bang [Kaup] / Aloïs van Tongerloo† and Herman Seldeslachts --On the Manichaean Preacher Hulu Fashi of the Tang Dynasty / Wang Yuanyuan and Lin Wushu -- Christians in the Service of the Tang Emperor Suzong (756–762): A Curious Poem by Li Bo / David Wilmshurst -- Sogdian Christians in China, Turfan and Sogdiana / Yutaka Yoshida -- Notes on a Turkic Manichaean Benediction Hymn / Peter Zieme

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Part 1: 1. Palmyra. Samuel N.C. Lieu: Palmyra: a caravan city and its inscriptions. 2. Greg Fox, Sam Lieu & Norman Ricklefs: Select Palmyrene inscriptions. 3. Greg Fox & Sam Lieu: Analytical indices to select Palmyrene inscriptions.
Part 2: Zayton (Quanzhou): 4. Samuel N.C. Lieu: Christian and Manichaean remains from Zayton: an introduction and update. 5. Lance Eccles: A summary administrative history of Quanzhou. 6. Iain Gardner: The medieval Christian remains from Zayton: a select catalogue. 7. Ken Parry: The iconography of Christian tombstones from Zayton. 8. Lance Eccles. Majella Franzmann & Sam Lieu: Observations on select Christian inscriptions in the Syriac script from Zayton.

Rome and China : points of contact / Hyun Jin Kim, Samuel N.C. Lieu and Raoul McLaughlin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Roman envoys and trade ambassadors in Han China -- The Xiongnu Huns from China and the East to Europe and the Roman Empire -- Sodgian ambassadors of the Göktürks and the Eastern Roman Empire -- 'Nestorian' Christians and Manichaeans as links between Rome and China.

"Rome and China provides an updated history and analysis of contacts and mutual influence between two of ancient Eurasia's most prominent imperial powers, Rome and China. It highlights the extraordinary interconnectivity of ancient Eurasia which allowed for actual contacts between Rome and China (however fleeting) and will examine in detail the influences from both ends of Eurasia which had cultural and political consequences for both Rome and China. This volume will be of interest to anyone working on the Roman Empire, Inner Asia, the Silk Routes and China in the classical and Late Antique periods"-- Provided by publisher.

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