Author(s): E. S. Drower
Publisher: Akademie-Verlag
Year: 1960
Language: English
City: Berlin
Tags: Mandaean, Mandaeism, Mandaic
Abbreviations............................................................................................................................... VII
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................... 1
Mandaeans Modern and Ancient............................................................................................ 1
Note on Pronunciation.......................................................................................................... 6
GLOSSARY............................................................................................................................... 11
TRANSLITERATION OF THE TEXT.................................................................................. 17
Book I.................................................................................................................................... 17
Part I 17
Part II 44
Book II ............................................................................................................................... 60
Part Illa........................................................................................................................... 60
Part III b 68
Part IV 76
Part Va........................................................................................................................... 91
Part Vb...............................................•........................................................................ 96
Part VI 98
Part VII................. .... 104
Appendix I Wellspring and Datepalin Prayers...................................................................107
TRANSLATION OF THE TEXT................................................................................................109
Book I....................................................................................................................................109
Part I 109
Part II (Introductory Note) 161
The Explanation of the Body..........................................................................162
Book II ...............................................................................................................................195
Part Illa Accidental Impurity and its Cure................................................................. 195
Part III b 210
Part IV The Agreed Form of the Masiqta of Šitil; of the Dabahata and of the
Dukrania.....................................................................................230
Part V (a) Blow and Healing........................................................................................ 262
Part V (b) The Celebration of the Marriage of Šišlam-Rba son of Lihdaia-Rba-
Zadiqa......................................................................................... 265
Part VI (a) Burial......................................................................................................... 27 1
Part VI (b) Of Postulants and Priesthood.................................................................. 37 5
Part VII Concerning the Postulant’s First Baptism: Admonitions........................ 284
Appendix I Wellspring and Datepalm Prayers..........................................................292
Appendix II Divine, Semi-divine, and Infernal Beings............................................... 293
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