The Mandaeans : Ancient Texts and Modern People - Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley

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The Mandaeans

Ancient Texts and Modern People

By: Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley

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Hardcover | 13 May 2005

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The Mandaeans are a Gnostic sect that arose in the middle east around the same time as Christianity. What little study of the religion there has been has focused on the ancient Mandaeans and their relation to early Christianity. Buckley examines the lives and religion of contemporary Mandaeans, who live mainly in Iran and Iraq but also in New York and San Diego. She provides a comprehensive introduction to the religion and shows how its ancient texts inform the living religion, and vice versa.

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"Landmark contribution to the field"--History of Relgions "An easily accessible book designed to improve the knowledge of this unique Near Eastern religion originiating in the pre-Islamic era." --Journal of Religion

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Non-Fiction Religion & Beliefs Alternative Belief Systems Eclectic & Esoteric Religions & Belief Systems Gnosticism Religion History of Religion Other Non-Christian Religions History Regional & National History Asian History Middle Eastern History

Christianity Language & Linguistics Linguistics

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xv
The Mandaean World	p. 3
Grains of Musk	p. 21
An Example of "the Image Above and Below"	p. 35
Ruha	p. 40
Miriai	p. 49
Rituals	p. 58
In Iran, April 1996	p. 59
Baptism (masbuta)	p. 80
The Tabahata Masiqta	p. 87
The Initiation of the Tarmida	p. 98
Native Hermeneutics	p. 112
New York	p. 113
An Inscribed Mandaean Body	p. 130
The Scroll of Exalted Kingship	p. 134
Mandaean Language Games and Obstacles	p. 144
Thousands of Names, Hundreds of Lineages	p. 153
Frouzanda Mahrad	p. 161
Glossary	p. 165
Notes	p. 171
Bibliography	p. 191
Index	p. 197
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