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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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2002
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| In: | Year: 2002 |
| Series/Journal: | AAR the religions
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mandeans
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| Further subjects: | B
Mandaeans
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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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. |
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| ISBN: | 0199834059 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/0195153855.001.0001 |