The Scroll of the Great Baptism (Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡀࡓࡇ ࡖࡌࡀࡑࡁࡅࡕࡀ ࡓࡀࡁࡕࡉࡀ Šarḥ ḏ-Maṣbuta Rabtia[1]) is a Mandaean religious text. It is a ritual scroll describing the 360 baptisms (masbutas) for a polluted priest. The scroll is also called "Fifty Baptisms" and the Raza Rba ḏ-Zihrun (Classical Mandaic: ࡓࡀࡆࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ ࡖࡆࡉࡄࡓࡅࡍ, lit. 'Great Mystery of Zihrun').[2]
| Scroll of the Great Baptism Šarḥ ḏ-Maṣbuta Rabtia | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Religion | Mandaeism |
| Language | Mandaic language |
Manuscripts
editManuscript 50 of the Drower Collection (abbreviated DC 50) is a copy of the Scroll of the Great Baptism. It was copied in 1867 by Yahya Bihram and has 962 lines.[2] Güterbock (2008) contains an analysis of the manuscript.[3]
MS RRC 1C is the most complete manuscript. The manuscript was copied at Shushtar in 1074 A.H. (1663-4 A.D.) by Yahia Yuhana br Rbai Zihrun Adam.[4][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Drower, E. S. 1960. The Secret Adam: A Study of Nasoraean Gnosis. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ a b Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
- ^ Güterbock, Michael (2008). "Vorläufige Bemerkungen zu einer Ausgabe der mandäischen Rituale in der Drower Collection 50". Und das Leben ist siegreich!: mandäische und samaritanische Literatur: im Gedenken an Rudolf Macuch (1919-1993) = And life is victorious: Mandaean and Samaritan literatures: in memory of Rudolf Macuch (in German). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. ISBN 978-3-447-05178-1. OCLC 310616930.
- ^ Morgenstern, Matthew (ed.). "Šarḥ Maṣbuta Rbtia". The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
- ^ Morgenstern, Matthew (2019). "Neo-Mandaic in Early Mandaean Colophons Part 2: Texts, Translations and Conclusion". Aramaic Studies 17, pp. 107–110.
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