Author: E. S. Drower
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725272040
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 505

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Author: Brayan Majid Al-Mubaraki
Publisher: Mandaic Aramaic
ISBN: 9781876888107
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Author: E. S. Drower (Ethel Stefana)
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Languages : ar
Pages : 0

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Author: Dakhil Shooshtary
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 145676361X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 663

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Author: Ethel Stefana Drower
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 491

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Author: Dakhil Shooshtary
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456763571
Category : Reference
Languages : fa
Pages : 1009

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Author: Dakhil Shooshtary
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ISBN: 9781456763602
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1008

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Author: Charles Häberl
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447058742
Category : Khurramshahr (Iran)
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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Neo-Mandaic is the only surviving dialect of Aramaic to be recognized as a direct descendant of any of the classical dialects of Late Antiquity. The Mandaeans who speak it are adherents of a pre-Islamic Gnostic sect, the only such sect to survive to the present day. As such, Mandaic may be considered as both a living language of the modern Middle East and also the vehicle of one of the great religious traditions of that region, along with Hebrew, Arabic, and Persian. Unfortunately, Neo-Mandaic is severely endangered, and all signs indicate that the current generation of speakers is likely to be the last. As a description of an endangered language, this work addresses one of the chief concerns of linguists in the 21st century, namely the impending loss of the majority of the world's languages and the immense threat to both linguistic and cultural diversity that it represents. This grammar is the fi rst account of a previously undocumented dialect of Neo-Mandaic, and most thorough description of any Neo-Mandaic dialect. In addition to a description of its phonology, inflectional paradigms, and morphosyntax, it includes a collection of ten texts, transcribed and translated, as well as a concise lexicon of the vocabulary found within these texts.

Author: Charles G. Häberl
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110487861
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 474

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Given the degree of popular fascination with Gnostic religions, it is surprising how few pay attention to the one such religion that has survived from antiquity until the present day: Mandaism. Mandaeans, who esteem John the Baptist as the most famous adherent to their religion, have in our time found themselves driven from their historic homelands by war and oppression. Today, they are a community in crisis, but they provide us with unparalleled access to a library of ancient Gnostic scriptures, as part of the living tradition that has sustained them across the centuries. Gnostic texts such as these have caught popular interest in recent times, as traditional assumptions about the original forms and cultural contexts of related religious traditions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, have been called into question. However, we can learn only so much from texts in isolation from their own contexts. Mandaean literature uniquely allows us not only to increase our knowledge about Gnosticism, and by extension all these other religions, but also to observe the relationship between Gnostic texts, rituals, beliefs, and living practices, both historically and in the present day.

Author: E. S. Drower
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532697635
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 143

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