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The knowledge of life : the origins and early history of the Mandaeans and their relation to the Sabians of the Qur'an and to the Harranians / by Sinasi Gunduz.
Sinasi Gunduz
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"The Mandaeans are a Gnostic sect that arose in the Middle East around the same time as Christianity. Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley here offers a full-scale study of this group.". ; "Although it is one of the few religious traditions that can legitimately claim a continuous 2000-year literary history, there has been very little written about the Mandaeans in English. Much of what has been written focuses on the ancient Mandaeans or on their relation to early Christianity. There are, however, surviving groups of Mandaeans concentrated mainly in Iran and Iraq but also in diasporic communities throughout the world, including places like New York and San Diego. Buckley seeks to cross the boundaries between the traditional history-of-religions study of Mandaean religion (which ignores the existence of living Mandaeans) and the beliefs and practices of Mandaeans today. She begins with a comprehensive introduction to the religion, examining some of the central texts, mythological figures, and rituals. Then she offers a window into the surviving Mandaean communities and shows how their ancient texts inform their living tradition, and vice versa."--BOOK JACKET.
| Title |
The Mandaeans : ancient texts and modern people / Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley. |
|---|---|
| Publisher |
Oxford New York : Oxford University Press |
| Creation Date |
2002 |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-195) and index. |
| Content |
I: BEGINNINGS: Introduction: The Mandaean World -- From Iraq to California: grains of musk -- Sitil: an example of "the image Above and Below" -- Ruha -- Mirai -- II: RITUALS: To the river: In Iran, April 1996 -- Baptism (Masbuta) -- The Tabahata Masiqta -- The imitation of the Tarmida -- III: NATIVE HERMENEUTICS: The ducks that come to the marshes: New York -- An inscribed Mandaean body -- Interpretative strategies in The Scroll of Exalted Kingship -- Mandaean language: games and obstacles -- Thousand of names, hundreds of lineages -- Frouzanda Mahrad. |
| Series |
AAR the religions |
| Extent |
xv, 200 pages : illustrations, map 25 cm. |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997012281005705171 |
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