Author: A. B. Yehoshua
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547542453
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
New York Times Notable Book: A story of six generations of a Jewish family, by an author Saul Bellow called “one of Israel’s world-class writers.” In this novel, a winner of both the National Jewish Book Award and the first Israeli Literature Prize, A. B. Yehoshua weaves a deeply affecting family saga and an portrait of Jewish life over the past two centuries. The story moves backward through time, unfolding over the course of five conversations. On a kibbutz in the Negev in 1982, a student describes her strange meeting with her boyfriend’s father, Judge Gavriel Mani. On German-occupied Crete in 1944, a Nazi soldier recounts his attempts to hunt down the Mani family. In Jerusalem in 1918, a Jewish lawyer in the British army briefs his commanding officer on the forthcoming trial of the political agitator Yosef Mani. In a village in southern Poland in 1899, a young doctor reports back to his father on his travels, and on his sister’s romance with Dr. Moshe Mani. And in Athens in 1848, Avraham Mani reveals the heartbreaking tale of the death of his son, Yonef, in Jerusalem. Alfred Kazin hailed Mr. Mani as “one of the most remarkable pieces of fiction I have ever read.” Named as one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly, it is both an absorbing tale and a powerful statement about family, faith, and the weight of history. Translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin
Mr. Mani
Author: A. B. Yehoshua
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547542453
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
New York Times Notable Book: A story of six generations of a Jewish family, by an author Saul Bellow called “one of Israel’s world-class writers.” In this novel, a winner of both the National Jewish Book Award and the first Israeli Literature Prize, A. B. Yehoshua weaves a deeply affecting family saga and an portrait of Jewish life over the past two centuries. The story moves backward through time, unfolding over the course of five conversations. On a kibbutz in the Negev in 1982, a student describes her strange meeting with her boyfriend’s father, Judge Gavriel Mani. On German-occupied Crete in 1944, a Nazi soldier recounts his attempts to hunt down the Mani family. In Jerusalem in 1918, a Jewish lawyer in the British army briefs his commanding officer on the forthcoming trial of the political agitator Yosef Mani. In a village in southern Poland in 1899, a young doctor reports back to his father on his travels, and on his sister’s romance with Dr. Moshe Mani. And in Athens in 1848, Avraham Mani reveals the heartbreaking tale of the death of his son, Yonef, in Jerusalem. Alfred Kazin hailed Mr. Mani as “one of the most remarkable pieces of fiction I have ever read.” Named as one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly, it is both an absorbing tale and a powerful statement about family, faith, and the weight of history. Translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547542453
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
New York Times Notable Book: A story of six generations of a Jewish family, by an author Saul Bellow called “one of Israel’s world-class writers.” In this novel, a winner of both the National Jewish Book Award and the first Israeli Literature Prize, A. B. Yehoshua weaves a deeply affecting family saga and an portrait of Jewish life over the past two centuries. The story moves backward through time, unfolding over the course of five conversations. On a kibbutz in the Negev in 1982, a student describes her strange meeting with her boyfriend’s father, Judge Gavriel Mani. On German-occupied Crete in 1944, a Nazi soldier recounts his attempts to hunt down the Mani family. In Jerusalem in 1918, a Jewish lawyer in the British army briefs his commanding officer on the forthcoming trial of the political agitator Yosef Mani. In a village in southern Poland in 1899, a young doctor reports back to his father on his travels, and on his sister’s romance with Dr. Moshe Mani. And in Athens in 1848, Avraham Mani reveals the heartbreaking tale of the death of his son, Yonef, in Jerusalem. Alfred Kazin hailed Mr. Mani as “one of the most remarkable pieces of fiction I have ever read.” Named as one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly, it is both an absorbing tale and a powerful statement about family, faith, and the weight of history. Translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin
Mani
Author: L. J. R. Ort
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category : Manichaeism
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category : Manichaeism
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The Gospel of the Prophet Mani
Author: Duncan Greenlees
Publisher: Book Tree
ISBN: 1585095028
Category : Dualism
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
For centuries Manicheism was a powerful religion, rivaled only by Christianity, but now virtually unheard of.Today, there is a resurgence of interest in Gnostic teachings. This work has been painstakingly pieced together and is an important work for scholars, religious researchers and those interested in alternative spiritual paths.
Publisher: Book Tree
ISBN: 1585095028
Category : Dualism
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
For centuries Manicheism was a powerful religion, rivaled only by Christianity, but now virtually unheard of.Today, there is a resurgence of interest in Gnostic teachings. This work has been painstakingly pieced together and is an important work for scholars, religious researchers and those interested in alternative spiritual paths.
Mani
Author: Ort
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004669337
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004669337
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Mani's Pictures
Author: Zsuzsanna Gulácsi
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004308946
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 555
Book Description
The founder of Manichaeism, Mani (216-274/277 CE), not only wrote down his teachings to prevent their adulteration, but also created a set of paintings—the Book of Pictures—to be used in the context of oral instruction. That pictorial handscroll and its later editions became canonical art for Mani's followers for a millennium afterwards. This richly illustrated study systematically explores the artistic culture of religious instruction of the Manichaeans based on textual and artistic evidence. It discusses the doctrinal themes (soteriology, prophetology, theology, and cosmology) depicted in Mani’s canonical pictures. Moreover, it identifies 10th-century fragments of canonical picture books, as well as select didactic images adapted to other, non-canonical art objects (murals, hanging scrolls, mortuary banners, and illuminated liturgical manuscripts) in Uygur Central Asia and Tang-Ming China.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004308946
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 555
Book Description
The founder of Manichaeism, Mani (216-274/277 CE), not only wrote down his teachings to prevent their adulteration, but also created a set of paintings—the Book of Pictures—to be used in the context of oral instruction. That pictorial handscroll and its later editions became canonical art for Mani's followers for a millennium afterwards. This richly illustrated study systematically explores the artistic culture of religious instruction of the Manichaeans based on textual and artistic evidence. It discusses the doctrinal themes (soteriology, prophetology, theology, and cosmology) depicted in Mani’s canonical pictures. Moreover, it identifies 10th-century fragments of canonical picture books, as well as select didactic images adapted to other, non-canonical art objects (murals, hanging scrolls, mortuary banners, and illuminated liturgical manuscripts) in Uygur Central Asia and Tang-Ming China.
Mani A Religio-Historical Description if his Personality
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Mani at the Court of the Persian Kings
Author: Iain Gardner
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004282629
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
In Mani at the Court of the Persian Kings the authors explore evidence arising from their project to edit the Chester Beatty Kephalaia codex. This new text presents Mani at the heart of Sasanian Iran in dialogue with its sages and nobles, acting as a cultural mediator between East and West and interpreter of Christian, Iranian, and Indian traditions. Nine chapters study Mani’s appropriation of the ‘law of Zarades’ and of Iranian epic; suggest a new understanding of his last days; and analyse his formative role in the history of late antique religions. These interdisciplinary studies advance research in several fields and will be of interest to scholars of Manichaeism, Sasanian Iran, and the development of religions in Late Antiquity.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004282629
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
In Mani at the Court of the Persian Kings the authors explore evidence arising from their project to edit the Chester Beatty Kephalaia codex. This new text presents Mani at the heart of Sasanian Iran in dialogue with its sages and nobles, acting as a cultural mediator between East and West and interpreter of Christian, Iranian, and Indian traditions. Nine chapters study Mani’s appropriation of the ‘law of Zarades’ and of Iranian epic; suggest a new understanding of his last days; and analyse his formative role in the history of late antique religions. These interdisciplinary studies advance research in several fields and will be of interest to scholars of Manichaeism, Sasanian Iran, and the development of religions in Late Antiquity.
Mani and the Maniates
Author: Dēmos N. Mexēs
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781425922337
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Being Alpha is one of the toughest jobs in the world. That's why Bad Bite Bonie is her own best friend, or at least that's what the entire pack has been lead to believe. Until, one day, a strange dog shows up claiming to have known her all his life. Now who's telling the truth, Alpha or Omega? Will the truth come out before time runs out for one of them? With a killer dog on the loose, only time will tell.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781425922337
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Being Alpha is one of the toughest jobs in the world. That's why Bad Bite Bonie is her own best friend, or at least that's what the entire pack has been lead to believe. Until, one day, a strange dog shows up claiming to have known her all his life. Now who's telling the truth, Alpha or Omega? Will the truth come out before time runs out for one of them? With a killer dog on the loose, only time will tell.
The Founder of Manichaeism
Author: Iain Gardner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108499074
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
A new critical look at Mani's life to establish a proper historical foundation for the study of this fascinating thinker.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108499074
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
A new critical look at Mani's life to establish a proper historical foundation for the study of this fascinating thinker.
Unseeing Empire
Author: Bakirathi Mani
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478012439
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
In Unseeing Empire Bakirathi Mani examines how empire continues to haunt South Asian American visual cultures. Weaving close readings of fine art together with archival research and ethnographic fieldwork at museums and galleries across South Asia and North America, Mani outlines the visual and affective relationships between South Asian diasporic artists, their photographic work, and their viewers. She notes that the desire for South Asian Americans to see visual representations of themselves is rooted in the use of photography as a form of colonial documentation and surveillance. She examines fine art photography by South Asian diasporic artists who employ aesthetic strategies such as duplication and alteration that run counter to viewers' demands for greater visibility. These works fail to deliver on viewers' desires to see themselves, producing instead feelings of alienation, estrangement, and loss. These feelings, Mani contends, allow viewers to question their own visibility as South Asian Americans in U.S. public culture and to reflect on their desires to be represented.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478012439
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
In Unseeing Empire Bakirathi Mani examines how empire continues to haunt South Asian American visual cultures. Weaving close readings of fine art together with archival research and ethnographic fieldwork at museums and galleries across South Asia and North America, Mani outlines the visual and affective relationships between South Asian diasporic artists, their photographic work, and their viewers. She notes that the desire for South Asian Americans to see visual representations of themselves is rooted in the use of photography as a form of colonial documentation and surveillance. She examines fine art photography by South Asian diasporic artists who employ aesthetic strategies such as duplication and alteration that run counter to viewers' demands for greater visibility. These works fail to deliver on viewers' desires to see themselves, producing instead feelings of alienation, estrangement, and loss. These feelings, Mani contends, allow viewers to question their own visibility as South Asian Americans in U.S. public culture and to reflect on their desires to be represented.