The Mandaean Book Of John
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The Mandaean Book Of John
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Author : Charles G. Häberl
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-11-18
The Mandaean Book Of John written by Charles G. Häberl and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-18 with Religion categories.
Given the degree of popular fascination with Gnostic religions, it is surprising how few pay attention to the one such religion that has survived from antiquity until the present day: Mandaism. Mandaeans, who esteem John the Baptist as the most famous adherent to their religion, have in our time found themselves driven from their historic homelands by war and oppression. Today, they are a community in crisis, but they provide us with unparalleled access to a library of ancient Gnostic scriptures, as part of the living tradition that has sustained them across the centuries. Gnostic texts such as these have caught popular interest in recent times, as traditional assumptions about the original forms and cultural contexts of related religious traditions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, have been called into question. However, we can learn only so much from texts in isolation from their own contexts. Mandaean literature uniquely allows us not only to increase our knowledge about Gnosticism, and by extension all these other religions, but also to observe the relationship between Gnostic texts, rituals, beliefs, and living practices, both historically and in the present day.
John The Baptist And The Last Gnostics
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Author : Andrew Phillip Smith
language : en
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
Release Date : 2016-08-16
John The Baptist And The Last Gnostics written by Andrew Phillip Smith and has been published by Watkins Media Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-16 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Are there still Gnostics and can their roots be chased back to John the Baptist? Among the casualties of the western intervention in Iraq and the recent activities of ISIS are the Mandeans of Southern Iraq. These peace-loving people are now fleeing to the west . They are the last Gnostics, the only surviving remnant of the ancient sects who taught the direct knowledge of God, created their own gospels and myths and were persecuted as heretical by the church in the second and third centuries. The Mandeans place weekly river baptisms at the centre of their religious life and the primary exemplar of their religion is none other than John the Baptist. What is the real history of this mysterious and long lived sect? Can the Mandean peoples really be traced back to the first century? And who was John the Baptist? This book follows the history of the Mandeans from their present plight back through their earliest encounters with the West, their place in Islamic counties, their possible influence on the Templars, back to their origins as a first century baptismal sect connected to John the Baptist and beyond.
The Mandaeans
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Author : Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2002-11-14
The Mandaeans written by Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-14 with Religion categories.
The Mandaeans are a Gnostic sect that arose in the middle east around the same time as Christianity. What little study of the religion there has been has focused on the ancient Mandaeans and their relation to early Christianity. Buckley examines the lives and religion of contemporary Mandaeans, who live mainly in Iran and Iraq but also in New York and San Diego. She provides a comprehensive introduction to the religion and shows how its ancient texts inform the living religion, and vice versa.
Gnostic John The Baptizer Selections From The Mandaean John Book
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Author : G. R. S. Mead
language : en
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Release Date : 2012
Gnostic John The Baptizer Selections From The Mandaean John Book written by G. R. S. Mead and has been published by Jazzybee Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
This is the extended and annotated edition including * an extensive annotation of almost 10.000 words about the history and basics of Gnosticism, written by Wilhelm Bousset * an interactive table-of-contents * perfect formatting for electronic reading devices The main materials contained in these pages will certainly be new for the vast majority of readers. Moreover the Mandæan narratives, legends and discourses are not only interesting because of their own distinctive matter and manner, but they are also arresting; for they raise a number of problems, some of which are far-reaching and one is fraught with implications of immense importance. The definite solutions of these problems, however, lie in the future, and the most important of them will perhaps never be reached; for, in the absence of straightforward historical information, general agreement on any subject that concerns Christian origins immediately or even indirectly is now well-nigh a psychological impossibility.
The Secret Book Of John
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 2012-12-14
The Secret Book Of John written by and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-14 with Religion categories.
This ancient Gnostic text can be a companion for your own spiritual quest The Secret Book of John is the most significant and influential text of the ancient Gnostic religion. Part of the library of books found in Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945, this central myth of Gnosticism tells the story of how God fell from perfect Oneness to imprisonment in the material world, and how by knowing our divine nature and our divine origins—that we are one with God—we reverse God’s descent and find our salvation. The Secret Book of John: The Gnostic Gospel—Annotated & Explained decodes the principal themes, historical foundation, and spiritual contexts of this challenging yet fundamental Gnostic teaching. Drawing connections to Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, kabbalistic Judaism, and Sufism, Davies focuses on the mythology and psychology of the Gnostic religious quest. He illuminates the Gnostics’ ardent call for self-awareness and introspection, and the empowering message that divine wholeness will be restored not by worshiping false gods in an illusory material world but by our recognition of the inherent divinity within ourselves. Now you can experience and understand this foundational teaching even if you have no previous knowledge of Gnosticism. This SkyLight Illuminations edition presents the most important and valued book in Gnostic religion with insightful yet unobtrusive commentary. It provides deeper insight into the understanding that in Gnosticism the distinction between savior and saved ceases to exist—you must save yourself and in doing so save God.
The Mandaeans
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Author : Edmondo F. Lupieri
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2001-11-07
The Mandaeans written by Edmondo F. Lupieri and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-11-07 with Mandaeans categories.
"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.
Ginza Rba
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Author : Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Ginza Rba written by Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Mandaean language categories.
The Haran Gawaitha
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Author : E.S. Drower
language : en
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
Release Date :
The Haran Gawaitha written by E.S. Drower and has been published by Dalcassian Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
The Haran Gawaita (Mandaic "Inner Haran" or "Inner Hauran") is a Mandaean text which purports to tell the history of the Mandaeans and their arrival in Media as "Nasoraeans" from Jerusalem
Customs Bulletin And Decisions
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Customs Bulletin And Decisions written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Customs administration categories.
John The Baptist In The Gospel Tradition
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Author : Walter Wink
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2006-11-02
John The Baptist In The Gospel Tradition written by Walter Wink and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-02 with Religion categories.
Dr Wink examines the treatment of John in the Gospels, Acts and the Q source.