Hardcover. The Mandaeans are a Gnostic sect that arose in the middle east around the same time as Christianity. What little study of the religion there has been has focused on the ancient Mandaeans and their relation to early Christianity. Buckley examines the lives and religion of contemporary Mandaeans, who live mainly in Iran and Iraq but also in New York and San Diego. She provides a comprehensive introduction to the religion and shows how its ancient texts inform theliving religion, and vice versa. The Mandaeans are a Gnostic sect that arose in the middle east at the same time as Christianity. Buckley examines the lives and religion of contemporary Mandaeans, who live mainly in Iran and Iraq and in New York and San Diego. She provides an introduction to the religion and shows how its ancient texts inform the living religion, and vice versa. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780195153859

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Title: The Mandaeans (Hardcover)

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: new

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The Mandaeans are a Gnostic sect that arose in the middle east around the same time as Christianity. What little study of the religion there has been has focused on the ancient Mandaeans and their relation to early Christianity. Buckley examines the lives and religion of contemporary Mandaeans, who live mainly in Iran and Iraq but also in New York and San Diego. She provides a comprehensive introduction to the religion and shows how its ancient texts inform the living religion, and vice versa.

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Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley is at Bowdoin College.

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