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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2002, 2002
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| Series: | AAR the religions / AAR the religions
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | xv, 200 p. ill., map |
| ISBN: | 9780199834051 0199834059 |