The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people

The Mandaeans were a gnostic sect that arose in the Middle East around the same time as Christianity. This text examines the lives and religion of contemporary Mandaeans and provides an introduction to the religion, showing how its ancient texts inform the living religion, and vice versa

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Main Author: Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2002
In:Year: 2002
Series/Journal:AAR the religions
Further subjects:B Mandaeans
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System; OUP)
Parallel Edition:Print version: 9780195153859
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Summary:The Mandaeans were a gnostic sect that arose in the Middle East around the same time as Christianity. This text examines the lives and religion of contemporary Mandaeans and provides an introduction to the religion, showing how its ancient texts inform the living religion, and vice versa
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0199834059
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/0195153855.001.0001