Mandaean

Texts from the Mandaean tradition, the ancient Gnostic religion centred on John the Baptist and the World of Light.

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  • Ginza RbaThe most sacred scripture of the Mandaeans, the last surviving Gnostic religion of antiquity — containing baptism liturgy, prayers for the dead, and hymns of praise.
  • Introduction to MandaeismA critical introduction to Mandaeism — the last surviving Gnostic religion of antiquity, its baptismal rites, its cosmology of light, and the existential crisis of a riverine religion scattered across a landlocked diaspora.

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