The Great Stem of Souls

ISBN-13: 9781593333386 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 408 str.

Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley

Opis

Mandaean priests, representatives of a religious heritage that can be traced back to Late Antique Mesopotamia, still copy their ancient literature by hand. The Great Stem of Souls is a study of the colophons -postscripts at the end of each text - that are appended to most Mandaean documents. A study of the contents of the colophons provides a framework for reconstructing Mandaean history.