The Mandaeans
Subtitle: ancient texts and modern people
By: Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley
Series: American Academy of Religion the religions series; AAR the religions (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Mandaeans
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-195) and index