Mandaeism: The Last Gnostic Religion?
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Charles G. Haberl, "Mandaeism in Antiquity and the Antiquity of Mandaeism," Religion Compass 6/5 (2012), 262-276.
Charles G. Haberl, “The Aramaic Incantation Texts as Witnesses to the Mandaic Scriptures,” in Scribal Practices and the Social Construction of Knowledge in Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and Medieval Islam, (Peeters: Leuven, Paris, Bristol, 2017).
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Sabah Aldihisi, “The Story of Creation in the Mandaean Holy Book the Ginza Rba,” PhD Dissertation, University College London, https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id..../eprint/1444088/1/U5
Mandaic Language, Encyclopedia Iranica: https://iranicaonline.org/arti....cles/mandaeans-5-lan
Mandaean Book of John: https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:28595/
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John the Baptist Icon: https://commons.wikimedia.org/....wiki/File:Meister_vo
Palmyrene: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....Palmyrene_alphabet#/
Holy Spirit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....Holy_Spirit#/media/F
Gospel of Truth: https://commons.wikimedia.org/....wiki/File:%C2%B7_Pap
Incantation Bowl w/ figure: https://commons.wikimedia.org/....wiki/File:Incantatio
Incantation Bowl 2: https://commons.wikimedia.org/....wiki/File:Incantatio
Incantation Bowl 3: https://commons.wikimedia.org/....wiki/File:Incantatio
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