Mandaean religious texts

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Mandaean religious texts are the sacred writings of the Mandaean Gnostic religion, encompassing liturgical, theological, and mythological works central to its beliefs and rituals.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mandaean cosmological text
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
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
dualistic cosmology
ethics and purity laws
soul’s journey
function define Mandaean doctrine
preserve Mandaean myth and history
regulate ritual practice
genre liturgical text
mythological text
theological text
historicalLanguageFamily Eastern Aramaic
language Mandaic
partOf Mandaean religious texts
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
surface form: Mandaic script
tradition Gnostic
use liturgical prayers
usedBy Mandaeism
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

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Aramaic usedIn Mandaean religious texts
Mandaic usedFor Mandaean religious texts
this entity surface form: Mandaean scriptures
Mandaic usedFor Mandaean religious texts
this entity surface form: Mandaean liturgy
Mandaean religious texts usedIn Mandaean religious texts self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mandaean liturgy
Mandaean religious texts usedIn Mandaean religious texts self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mandaean baptism (masbuta)
Mandaean religious texts contains Mandaean religious texts self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Book of John (Mandaean)
Mandaeans in Australia culturalHeritage Mandaean religious texts
this entity surface form: Mandaean scriptures