Terebinthus

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Terebinthus (also Terebinthus of Turbo ) was the pupil of Scythianus, during the 1st-2nd century CE, according to the early Christian writer Cyril of Jerusalem.

Terebinthus may have presented himself as a "Buddha" ("He called himself Buddas") when travelling in Persia.

Terebinthus went to Palestine and Judaea ("becoming known and condemned" there), and ultimately settled in Babylon. He is also said to have brought with him the books of Scythianus, which he presented upon his death to his lodger, a widow with a slave named Cubricus, who later changed his name to Mani (from "Manes" in Persian, meaning "discourse"). Mani allegedly studied the books, which thereby become the source of Manichean doctrine.

This story can be found also in Acta Archelai (4th c. CE), an anti-manichean scripture written in Syriac, which is ascribed to Hegemonios.

Later the same is mentioned in Lexicon Suidae (10th c. CE) in an article dedicated to Mani. According to the Lexicon, the names of the books were: Mysterium, Evangelium, Thesaurum and Capitum (meaning "Mystery", "Gospel", "Treasury", and "Book of Chapters" respectively).

The connection between Mani and Buddha is also mentioned in a letter of Marius Victorius (4th c. AD ) Ad Justinum Manichaeum.

Footnotes

References

• Rawlinson, Intercourse between India and the Western world

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