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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Buckley, Jorunn

Titel

The Great Stem of Souls : Reconstructing Mandaean History

Ist Teil von

• Gorgias Mandaean Studies

Ort / Verlag

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press

Erscheinungsjahr

[2010]

Link zum Volltext

• De Gruyter E-Books EBA bis 31.12.2026 (ZDB-23-DGG-eba)
• De Gruyter E-Books EBA bis 31.12.2026 (ZDB-23-DGG-eba)

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• Cover

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Mandaean priests, representatives of a religious heritage that can be traced back to Late Antique Mesopotamia, still copy their ancient literature by hand. The Great Stem of Souls is a study of the colophons – postscripts at the end of each text – that are appended to most Mandaean documents. A study of the contents of the colophons provides a framework for reconstructing Mandaean history