Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
Journal issue | 59 | 2023
Research Article | Notes on ‘Ḏulfaqār of the Intellect’ and Islamising Manichaeism
Abstract
The present essay aims at elucidating the imagery of the New Persian fragment in Manichaean script M 786, dealing with the lament of the Anima Viva entrapped in the material world. The poetical text is a remarkable sample of the Manichaean language and its strategy of literary concealing, by means of Islamic and Crypto-Manichaean mixed expressions, such as the ‘Ḏulfaqār of Intellect’, which is related (I suggest) to the Living Spirit. Within this fragment, a series of funerary terminologies have also been employed, denoting the captivity of the Soul into the Matter, to describe the pain of the human existence and the yearning for salvation, provided by the gods.
Submitted: Feb. 10, 2023 | Accepted: May 9, 2023 | Published Aug. 29, 2023 | Language: it
Keywords Manichaean alphabet • Literature and poetical imagery • Islamicate Manichaeism • Early new Persian • Manichaean texts
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Notes on ‘Ḏulfaqār of the Intellect’ and Islamising Manichaeism |
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Piras Andrea |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari |
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Research Article |
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it |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2023/1/note-su-dulfaqar-dellintelletto-e-il-manicheismo-i/ |
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The present essay aims at elucidating the imagery of the New Persian fragment in Manichaean script M 786, dealing with the lament of the Anima Viva entrapped in the material world. The poetical text is a remarkable sample of the Manichaean language and its strategy of literary concealing, by means of Islamic and Crypto-Manichaean mixed expressions, such as the ‘Ḏulfaqār of Intellect’, which is related (I suggest) to the Living Spirit. Within this fragment, a series of funerary terminologies have also been employed, denoting the captivity of the Soul into the Matter, to describe the pain of the human existence and the yearning for salvation, provided by the gods. |
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Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale |
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Vol. 59 | June 2023 |
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2023-08-29 |
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2023-05-09 |
dc.dateSubmitted |
2023-02-10 |
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2385-3042 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
dc.identifier.doi |
10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2023/01/007 |
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yes |
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Early new Persian |
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Islamicate Manichaeism |
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Literature and poetical imagery |
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Manichaean alphabet |
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Manichaean texts |
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