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The Mandaeans : baptizers of Iraq and Iran / Karen Baker ; foreword by Amal Bejjani.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Hidden peoples of the worldPublisher: Eugene (Ore.) : Wipf & Stock, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781498246200
  • 1498246206
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mandaeans.DDC classification:
  • 299.932 23
LOC classification:
  • BT1390 .B354 2017eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. History and Sources: Gnosticism -- 3. History and Sources: Mandaeism -- 4. Membership and Community -- 5. Authority and Organization -- 6. Rituals and Holidays -- 7. Signs and Symbols -- 8. Conclusion: Opportunities.
Summary: The secrets of a complex belief system that have sustained the Mandaeans in their centuries-old native lands in Iraq and Iran have been collapsing before their eyes. This little-known Gnostic sect has been hidden from global awareness until now. With a passion for the obscure, Karen Baker has delved into this secret sect, exploring the effects of the turmoil they have faced in their homeland, and are now facing in Diaspora. The Iraqi and Iranian Mandaeans have fled their homes with nothing more than the clothing on their backs, being thrust into the status of refugees, watching their tradition.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1658512

The secrets of a complex belief system that have sustained the Mandaeans in their centuries-old native lands in Iraq and Iran have been collapsing before their eyes. This little-known Gnostic sect has been hidden from global awareness until now. With a passion for the obscure, Karen Baker has delved into this secret sect, exploring the effects of the turmoil they have faced in their homeland, and are now facing in Diaspora. The Iraqi and Iranian Mandaeans have fled their homes with nothing more than the clothing on their backs, being thrust into the status of refugees, watching their tradition.

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Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. History and Sources: Gnosticism -- 3. History and Sources: Mandaeism -- 4. Membership and Community -- 5. Authority and Organization -- 6. Rituals and Holidays -- 7. Signs and Symbols -- 8. Conclusion: Opportunities.