Download or read book The Kephalaia of the Teacher written by Iain Gardner and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First English translation of the Coptic text (c. 400 CE), with commentaries and indices, to this major source for the teachings of Mani. Manichaeism was the most successful of the gnostic dualistic traditions that challenged the triumph of the imperial Christian Church.