Against Mani





  • ANOTHER DISCOURSE AGAINST MANI.

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1. 1 I.e. about the death of Entities. The subject of discussion is the nature of the Archon who rules this world.
2. 1 Lit. 'fall under.'
3. 1 Evidently a reference to 1 Kings xviii 38.
4. 2 The meaning appears to be that mechanically pounded grit is after all visible, however small it be pounded, but dr[...]
5. 1 Syr. [Syriac] : see Against. Bardaisan LXXXI. (p. lxxvii).
6. 1 The MS. has [Syriac bits], quite legible in a good light. Evidently the feggoka&toxos (Splenditenens) was named. W[...]
7. 2 Two words illegible.
8. 1 For the doctrine of the Bowl or Vortex (krath&r), see Mead's Thrice-greatest Hermes, vol. i, pp. 414 f., 454 : als[...]
9. 2 Lit. ' of the Sun-rising.'
10. 1 I.e. its diametrically opposite Element.
11. 2 I understand the word here translated 'intention' to refer to the Elements themselves, To use S. Paul's terminolog[...]
12. 1 It is a pity that we do not know what Bardaisan said ! The meaning seems to be that substances that can be divided[...]
13. 1 The MS. has ' the name of the name of '—probably by a mere accident of transcription.
14. 2 Teshri is October and Marheshwan November. These are the old Aramaic names : the Edessenes generally called Octobe[...]
15. 1 Lit. ' touch.'


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