Manicheism
81Manichean — /mænəˈkiən/ (say manuh keeuhn) noun 1. an adherent of the religious system of the Persian teacher Mani or Manichaeus, c.216–c.276, composed of Gnostic Christian, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, and various other elements, the principal feature being a… …
82Manichaeism — by Jonathan Smith The ideas of Mani (AD 215 77), a Persian philosopher of good and evil, helped Baudrillard locate his thinking within the dual form, thereby enabling his production of concepts like symbolic exchange, seduction and the… …
83Manichaeism — or Manicheism [man′i kē΄iz΄əm] n. a dualistic religion that combined Zoroastrian, Christian, Gnostic, and other beliefs in a theology of cosmic struggle between Good (light, God, spirit) and Evil (darkness, Satan, matter): it was founded by Mani… …
84Manichee — n. 1 an adherent of a religious system of the 3rd 5th c., representing Satan in a state of everlasting conflict with God. 2 Philos. a dualist (see DUALISM). Derivatives: Manichean adj. & n. (also Manichaean). Manicheism n. (also Manichaeism).… …
85GILGUL — (Heb. גִּלְגּוּל; transmigration of souls, reincarnation, or metempsychosis ). There is no definite proof of the existence of the doctrine of gilgul in Judaism during the Second Temple period. In the Talmud there is no reference to it (although,… …
86SCHEFTELOWITZ, ISIDOR — (1876–1934), Orientalist and rabbi. Scheftelowitz was born in Sandersleben, duchy of Anhalt, Germany. He studied Sanskrit and Iranian philology and worked for a time at the British Museum and at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. During 1908–26 he… …
