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Title: The Near Eastern Connections of Manichaeans Confessionary Practice
Author(s): BEDUHN, J.D.
Journal: ARAM Periodical
Volume: 16    Date: 2004   
Pages: 161-177
DOI: 10.2143/ARAM.16.0.504678

Abstract :
Among the ritual practices of the Manichaeans, confession seems to have occupied an important place. While the general practice of confession is alluded to in all parts of the Manichaean world, it is best attested in the formal confession texts for the Elect and Auditors nown to us in Sogdian and Turkic versions discovered in Turfan, in what today is the Northwestern region of the People's Republic of China. The present study seeks to build upon the inispensible and masterful accomplishments of Jes Asmussen, and to further his exploration of the background and antecedents of the manichaean formal confession.

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