The Temple Tabernacle in M28/I/: An Anti-Judeo-Christian Polemic Strophe

In: Iran and the Caucasus
Author: Claudia Leurini 1
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Online Publication Date:
15 May 2018
Volume/Issue:
Volume 22: Issue 1
Article Type:
Research Article
Page Count:
1–7
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/1573384X-20180102
Keywords:
Manichaean Hymns; Judeo-Christianity; Old Testament; New Testament; Tabernacle; Cherubim

The strophe M28/I/R/i/24-27/, part of a Middle Persian Manichaean abecedarian hymn published in 1995 by P. O. Skjærvø has long represented a riddle: specially the meaning of šmbyd. The proposal by Durkin-Meisterernst to understand it as ‘curtain’ allows to propose a new translation of the whole strophe, which is evidently a polemic text alluding to passages of Exodus 25 and 26, where the Tabernacle of the Temple is described.

In:
Iran and the Caucasus
E-ISSN:
1573-384X
Print ISSN:
1609-8498
Publisher:
Brill
Cover Iran and the Caucasus
Subjects:
Central Asia, Asian Studies, History & Culture, Middle East and Islamic Studies, Iran & Persian Studies, Middle East and Islamic Studies

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