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The edition and translation of the Dublin Kephalaia, belonging to the Chester Beatty Library, has significantly expanded the horizon of Manichaean studies with valuable information on the genesis and formation of the heterogeneous corpus of primary sources, in their profound textual interconnections. The importance of this Coptic text consists in revealing a circulation of characters and concepts ranging from the Iranian-Zoroastrian world to the Buddhist one and which testify to a level of cultural elaboration dealing with Mani's first experience and missionary travels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]