TY - BOOK AU - Yamauchi,Edwin M. TI - Gnostic Ethics and Mandaean Origins SN - 9781463209476 AV - BT1390 .Y363 2004 U1 - 299.932 23 PY - 2004///] CY - Piscataway, NJ : PB - Gorgias Press, KW - Gnosticism KW - NON-CLASSIFIABLE KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; FOREWARD --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; ABBREVIATIONS --; CHAPTER I. THE MANDAIC GNOSTIC TEXTS --; CHAPTER II. THE COPTIC GNOSTIC TEXTS --; CHAPTER III. MANDAIC-COPTIC PARALLELS --; CHAPTER IV. GNOSTIC ETHICS --; CHAPTER V. MANDAEAN ETHICS --; CHAPTER VI. MANDAIC-COPTIC CONTRASTS --; CHAPTER VII. THE QUESTION OF JEWISH ORIGINS --; CHAPTER VIII. SOURCES AND SUGGESTIONS --; POSTSCRIPTS --; BIBLIOGRAPHY; restricted access N2 - In opposition to other leading scholars of the Mandaeans, Yamauchi concludes that the Mandaeans could not have originated before the second century CE. He notes their distinguishing characterisitcs from other Gnostic groups UR - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463209476 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463209476 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463209476/original ER -