Kephalaia 55 and the Great Free Woman: Concepts of Seclusion and Public Exhibition in Relation to Women and Female Figures in Manichaean Texts

One of the key moments in the Manichaean drama of salvation concerns the event known generally as the seduction of the archons. In one of the many narrations of this event in Chapter 55 of the Kephalaia, we are presented with a central woman character for whom seclusion from the public gaze appears...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Franzmann, Majella
Other Authors: Siegfried G. Richter
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Koninklijke Brill NV 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10414