Mandaeism
Mandaeism is a living Gnostic religion whose followers, the Mandaeans, revere John the Baptist.
Established Mandaeans historically lived in southern Iraq and south-western Iran, and today many live in diaspora communities. Their scriptures, including the Ginza Rabba ("Great Treasure") and the Book of John, are written in Mandaic, an Eastern Aramaic dialect.[1][2] Tradition / belief Mandaeans practise repeated baptism in flowing water and teach the ascent of the soul through worlds of light.[3] Scholarly debate Their origins are debated: some scholars place them in the Jordan valley in the first centuries CE, others see a later Mesopotamian formation.[4]
References
- ↑ Mark Lidzbarski, Ginzā: der Schatz oder das große Buch der Mandäer (1925). German translation; US public domain.
- ↑ Mark Lidzbarski, Das Johannesbuch der Mandäer (1915). German translation; public domain.
- ↑ Lidzbarski (1925), introduction.
- ↑ E.S. Drower, The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran (1937). Cited only.
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