The Mandaeans: Ancient Texts and Modern People (An American Academy of Religion Book)
$116.55
Best Sellers Rank: 3592450 in Books
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0195153855
Language : English
Publisher : Oxford University Press; 1st edition
Publication Date : November 14, 2002
Pages : 216
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.