دانلود کتاب The Mandaean Gnostic Religion

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CONTENTS
Transliteration, Transcription and Signs Table ix
List of Illustrations x
Acknowledgments xii
From the Author xiii
Foreword xiv
Chapter One:
The Mandaeans: Their Religious Life and Ideals 1
Mandaeans Today 1
What does it Mean to be Mandaean? 3
Mandaean Teachings 7
Mandaean Beliefs 12
The Mandaean Salvation 16
The Prime Symbol for Mandaeans:
the a-Drabsa/o-Drafsa (Drabsa) 18
Mandaean Rituals and Practices 20
Mandaean Feasts and Festivals 23
The Teachers of Righteousness 29
The Mandaean “House of Enlightenment/Knowledge” or “Wisdom’s House” 31
The Mandaean Holy Books (Bith Ginzi: Bit Ginzia) 33
The Mandaean Society and its Priesthood 36
Selections from Mandaean Scriptures 39
Chapter Two:
Mandaean Gnostic Wisdom and Art 48
The Mandaeans 48
The Writings and Art of the Mandaeans 53
Mandaean Writings and Literature Listed 57
Introductory Comments on Mandaean Illustrations and Symbology 64
Reflections on Cosmology: Descent and Ascent 71
Thoughts about Art in the Scrolls’ Mystical Messages 85
Chapter Three:
Do Gnostics ‘Believe’? The Role of Belief in Relation to
Gnosis in Mandaeism 89
The Mandaean Populace 91
Mandaean Gnosticism 95
Nasirutha: Deep Knowledge and
Wisdom in Mandaeism 101
The Mandaean Nasoraean Universal Framework 104
The Mandaean Diaspora and Concerns
with Secularization of the Community 106
Concluding Remarks 107
Glossary 110
Select Bibliography 123
Index 130