The Mandaeans: the last gnostics
"This book presents for the first time a complete introduction to Mandaeanism, a branch of Gnosticism that has survived to the present day." "In an engaging style that mirrors the interesting nature of his subject, Edmondo Lupieri portrays the traditional way of life of the Mandaeans, still found living today in Iraq and Iran, and introduces readers to the world of Mandaean ideas - including the view that they are the only ones on earth who possess the true and oldest faith. Lupieri reconstruct…
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- Full title :The Mandaeans : the last gnostics / Edmondo Lupieri ; translated by Charles Hindley.
Summary
"This book presents for the first time a complete introduction to Mandaeanism, a branch of Gnosticism that has survived to the present day." "In an engaging style that mirrors the interesting nature of his subject, Edmondo Lupieri portrays the traditional way of life of the Mandaeans, still found living today in Iraq and Iran, and introduces readers to the world of Mandaean ideas - including the view that they are the only ones on earth who possess the true and oldest faith. Lupieri reconstructs the history of the interaction between Mandaeanism and the Western world, beginning with Ricoldo da Montecroce, a thirteenth-century Italian monk who is the first known European to write about the Mandaeans, and continuing on to present scholarship. He also offers a critical analysis of the Mandaean written and oral traditions concerning their origin, history, and self-understanding." "The book is made even more valuable by the inclusion of an extensive anthology of translated Mandaean texts, complete with notes. This collection of writings presents the spiritual world of Mandaeanism with fragments of mythical-theological texts and pages of ethical and historical meditations."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Publication Date:©2002.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):W.B. Eerdmans
- Place of Publication:Grand Rapids, Mich
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2002.
The Physical Object
- Description:xix, 273 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:080283924X, 9780802839244
- oclc:ocm47990015
- LC Classification:BT1405
- Dewey Decimal:299/.932
Table of Contents
Preface to the Italian Edition -- Preface to the American Editio -- Prologue -- Part I History: 1. The Mandaeans -- Life, Customs, and Religious Rituals -- The Ideas -- Gnosticism -- Mandaeanism -- The Literature -- Instruments -- List of the Principal Published Mandaean Texts, Together with Information on Some Unpublished Ones -- Bibliographical Suggestions -- 2. The Mandaeans and the West: A History of Interaction -- Initial Contact -- The Rediscovery -- The Mission -- The Failure -- The Erudite and Travelers -- Professors and Diplomats -- The "Mandaean Question" -- 3. Legends and History -- Between Egypt and India -- Jerusalem, John the Baptist, and the Others -- Genealogies of Scribes -- Part II The Texts (An Anthology) 1. Abstracts of Theology -- 2. The First Man -- 3. From the Creation to the Flood -- 4. The Religions of Others -- 5. The Jews, Jerusalem, and Miriai -- 6. John, a True Mandaean -- 7. Jesus, the "False Messiah" -- 8. The "Son of the Arab Butcher" -- Glossary -- Index.
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