Mandaeism

E105666

Gnosticism ethno-religion monotheistic religion religion

Mandaeism is a monotheistic Gnostic religion of the Middle East centered on John the Baptist, with a rich tradition of baptismal rituals and sacred literature in a dialect of Aramaic.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Mandaeans	15
Mandaeism canonical	13
Mandaean	1
Mandaean priesthood	1
Mandaean religious community	1
Mandaean tradition	1
Nasoraean religion	1
Sabian Mandaeans	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gnosticism ⓘ ethno-religion ⓘ monotheistic religion ⓘ religion ⓘ
believesIn	pre-existent soul ⓘ soul transmigration ⓘ
centralFigure	John the Baptist ⓘ
clergyRank	ganzibra ⓘ rishama ⓘ tarmida ⓘ
coreRitual	baptism ⓘ masbuta ⓘ masiqta ⓘ
cosmologyFeature	World of Darkness ⓘ World of Light ⓘ
eschatologyFeature	judgment by uthras ⓘ soul ascent ⓘ
hasCommunity	Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ
hasDiasporaCommunity	Australia ⓘ Germany ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Sweden ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
historicalRegion	Khuzestan ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ southern Iraq ⓘ
holyText	Alma Rišaia Rba ⓘ Alma Rišaia Rba ⓘ surface form: Alma Rišaia Zuṭa Book of John ⓘ Diwan Abatur ⓘ Ginza Rabba ⓘ Qolasta ⓘ
mainDeity	Hayyi Rabbi ⓘ
originatedIn	Middle East ⓘ
rejects	celibacy ⓘ circumcision ⓘ icon worship ⓘ
religiousLaw	dietary rules ⓘ purity regulations ⓘ
religiousTraditionOf	Mandaeism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mandaeans
sacredLanguage	Eastern Aramaic ⓘ Mandaic ⓘ
script	Mandaic alphabet ⓘ surface form: Mandaic script
selfDesignation	Mandaeism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nasoraean religion
usesRitualObject	drabsha ⓘ mambuha ⓘ pihta ⓘ
viewsAbrahamAs	figure who corrupted monotheism ⓘ
viewsJesusAs	false messiah ⓘ
viewsMosesAs	figure associated with Judaism ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aramaic → hasReligiousSignificanceFor → Mandaeism ⓘ

John the Baptist → veneratedIn → Mandaeism ⓘ

Iraqi American → religion → Mandaeism ⓘ

southern Iraq → hasMinority → Mandaeism ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Iraq