 Qolusta () is the canonical prayerbook of the Mandaeans, a present-day gnostic sect within Iraq and Iran. It was translated into English by E. S. Drower. The Mandaic word qolusta means "collection". The prayerbook is a collection of Mandaic prayers regarding baptisms and other sacred rituals involved in the ascension of the soul. The Qolusta, and two other key texts to Mandaic literature, the Draša D-Iahia, and the Ginza Rba  were compiled together, though their date of authorship is heavily debated, some believing it to be during the second and third centuries CE , and others believing it to be conceived during the first century CE .
The Qolusta () is the canonical prayer book of the Mandaeans, a Gnostic sect from Iraq and Iran. It was translated into English by E. S. Drower. The Mandaic word qolusta means "collection". The prayerbook is a collection of Mandaic prayers regarding baptisms and other sacred rituals involved in the ascension of the soul. The Qolusta, and two other key texts to Mandaic literature, the Mandaean Book of John and the Ginza Rba , were compiled together, though their date of authorship is heavily debated, some believing it to be during the second and third centuries , and others believing it to be conceived during the first century .
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prayerbook
prayer book
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present-day gnostic sect within
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Draša D-Iahia,
Mandaean Book of John
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