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This work is an edition and literary-critical study of a Manichaean text in Sogdian known as the Āzandnāmē, or Parable-Book. The first part is a new and expanded edition of the Sogdian text with English translation and philological commentary. The second part, and main contribution, is a literary-critical study of the individual parables of the Āzandnāmē as well as of the genre of parables with the framework of Manichaean literature as a whole.

Manichaean eschatology --- Sogdian language --- Parables --- Sogdian literature --- Manuscripts, Sogdian --- Manuscripts, Manichaean --- Iranian languages, Middle --- History and criticism --- History --- Manichaeism --- Manichéisme --- Sogdien (Langue) --- Early works to 1800. --- Early works to 1800 --- Translations into English. --- Texts. --- History and criticism. --- History. --- Histoire --- Textes --- Turfansammlung. --- Azandname --- Critricism, Textual --- Eschatologie manichéenne --- Paraboles --- Littérature sogdienne --- Manuscrits sogdiens --- Manuscrits manichéens --- Moyen iranien (Groupe de langues) --- Translations into English --- Texts --- Ouvrages avant 1800 --- Traductions anglaises --- Histoire et critique --- Manichéisme --- Eschatologie manichéenne --- Littérature sogdienne --- Manuscrits manichéens --- Āzandnāmē --- Manichaean eschatology - Early works to 1800 --- Sogdian language - Texts --- Parables - Early works to 1800 - Translations into English --- Sogdian literature - History and criticism --- Manuscripts, Sogdian - Germany - Berlin - History --- Manuscripts, Manichaean - Germany - Berlin - History --- Manuscripts, Sogdian - China - Turpan Shi - History --- Manuscripts, Manichaean - China - Turpan Shi - History --- Iranian languages, Middle - Texts