From Sasanian Mandaeans to Ṣābians of the Marshes
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Word Count
38,250 words, Guess
Page Count
153 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139789004339439
- ISBN-109004339434
- Library of Congress Control Number2016053242
- OCLC Control Number962840525
- Better World Books9789004339439
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL38044101M
Classifications
- LCCBT1405.V36 2017
- LCCBT1405 .V36 2017
Description
This historical study argues that the Mandaean religion originated under Sasanid rule in the fifth century, not earlier as has been widely accepted. It analyzes primary sources in Syriac, Mandaic, and Arabic to clarify the early history of Mandaeism. This religion, along with several other, shorter-lived new faiths, such as Kentaeism, began in a period of state-sponsored persecution of Babylonian paganism. The Mandaeans would survive to become one of many groups known as Ṣābians by their Muslim neighbors. Rather than seeking to elucidate the history of Mandaeism in terms of other religions to which it can be related, this study approaches the religion through the history of its social contexts.
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