The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people

The Mandaeans were a gnostic sect that arose in the Middle East around the same time as Christianity. This text examines the lives and religion of contemporary Mandaeans and provides an introduction to the religion, showing how its ancient texts inform the living religion, and vice versa.

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Oxford Oxford University Press 2002
Dans:Année: 2002
Collection/Revue:AAR the religions
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Mandéens
Sujets non-standardisés:B Mandaeans
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Verlag)
Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
Description
Résumé:The Mandaeans were a gnostic sect that arose in the Middle East around the same time as Christianity. This text examines the lives and religion of contemporary Mandaeans and provides an introduction to the religion, showing how its ancient texts inform the living religion, and vice versa.
ISBN:0199834059
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/0195153855.001.0001