Excerpt from the Sogdian Manichean Book of Giants: 7:KawH. So 14638. From the Berlin Turfan-Collection; Depositum der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz Orientabteilung.

Newest Article: The Descent of Heavenly Beings to Earth from the Book of Giants

Written by James Davila

The Book of Giants survives, in a highly fragmentary state, in two versions: the original, known from remnants of Dead Sea Scrolls written in Aramaic, and a later Manichean version, known from manuscript scraps found in Central Asia written in three old Iranian languages and in… Read More

 

 

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