Mandaean religious texts
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Mandaean cosmological text
Mandaean legal-theological text
Mandaean literature
Mandaean prayerbook
Mandaean priestly ritual text
Mandaean religious text
religious text corpus
sacred text
Mandaean religious texts are the sacred writings of the Mandaean Gnostic religion, encompassing liturgical, theological, and mythological works central to its beliefs and rituals.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mandaean liturgy | 2 |
| Mandaean scriptures | 2 |
| Book of John (Mandaean) | 1 |
| Mandaean baptism (masbuta) | 1 |
| Mandaean religious texts canonical | 1 |
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mandaean cosmological text
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Mandaean legal-theological text ⓘ Mandaean literature ⓘ Mandaean prayerbook ⓘ Mandaean priestly ritual text ⓘ Mandaean priestly ritual text ⓘ Mandaean religious text ⓘ Mandaean religious text ⓘ religious text corpus ⓘ sacred text ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Great Treasure ⓘ |
| centralWork | Ginza Rabba ⓘ |
| contains |
Alma Rišaia Rba
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Alma Rišaia Rba ⓘ
surface form:
Alma Rišaia Zuta
Mandaean religious texts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Book of John (Mandaean)
Diwan Abatur ⓘ Ginza Rabba ⓘ Qolasta ⓘ Scroll of the Great Baptism ⓘ Scroll of the Great Revelation ⓘ The Thousand and Twelve Questions ⓘ |
| content | teachings and stories about John the Baptist ⓘ |
| cosmology | Lightworld and World of Darkness ⓘ |
| focus |
baptismal theology
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dualistic cosmology ⓘ ethics and purity laws ⓘ soul’s journey ⓘ |
| function |
define Mandaean doctrine
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preserve Mandaean myth and history ⓘ regulate ritual practice ⓘ |
| genre |
liturgical text
ⓘ
mythological text ⓘ theological text ⓘ |
| historicalLanguageFamily | Eastern Aramaic ⓘ |
| language | Mandaic ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mandaean religious texts
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Mandaean religious texts ⓘ Mandaean religious texts ⓘ Mandaean religious texts ⓘ Mandaean religious texts ⓘ Mandaean religious texts ⓘ Mandaean religious texts ⓘ |
| preservation | manuscript scrolls ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | southern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| religion | Mandaeism ⓘ |
| role | primary scripture of Mandaeism ⓘ |
| script |
Mandaic alphabet
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surface form:
Mandaic script
|
| tradition | Gnostic ⓘ |
| use | liturgical prayers ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Mandaeism
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surface form:
Mandaeans
|
| usedIn |
Mandaean religious texts
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mandaean baptism (masbuta)
Mandaean death rituals (masiqta) ⓘ Mandaean religious texts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mandaean liturgy
Mandaean priestly initiation ⓘ Mandaean rituals ⓘ |
| venerate | John the Baptist ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mandaean liturgy
this entity surface form:
Mandaean baptism (masbuta)
this entity surface form:
Book of John (Mandaean)
this entity surface form:
Mandaean scriptures