The Mandaeans
Subtitle: The Last Gnostics (Italian Texts and Studies on Religion and Society)
Contributors: Charles Hindley (Translator)
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: November 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780802839244
Subjects: Gnosticism; Religion; History; Religion - Inspirational/Spirituality; Iran; Iraq; Mysticism; Christian Rituals & Practice - General; Mandaeans
First sentence: Soon after the Shah of Persia had been chased out and power had passed to the Ayatollah Khomeini's revolutionaries, the Mandaeans of Iran, having enjoyed complete tranquility under the secular and pro-Western government of Reza Pahlevi, thought it wise to take a precautionary measure in defense of their right to religious freedom under the new regime.