The Left Ginza is one of the two parts of the Ginza Rabba, the longest and the most important holy scripture of Mandaeism. The other part of the Ginza Rabba is the Right Ginza.[1]
Summaries of each book (or tractate), based mostly on Häberl (2007), are provided below.[2] Translated excerpts are from Gelbert (2011), while Mandaic transliterations are derived from Gelbert (2011, 2021[3]).
^Gelbert, Carlos (2011). Ginza Rba. Sydney: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780958034630.
^Häberl, Charles G. (2007). Introduction to the New Edition, in The Great Treasure of the Mandaeans, a new edition of J. Heinrich Petermann's Thesaurus s. Liber Magni, with a new introduction and a translation of the original preface by Charles G. Häberl. Gorgias Press, LLC. doi:10.7282/T3C53J6P
^Gelbert, Carlos (2021). گینزا ربَّا = Ginza Rba (in Arabic). Edensor Park, NSW, Australia: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780648795407.
The LeftGinza is one of the two parts of the Ginza Rabba, the longest and the most important holy scripture of Mandaeism. The other part of the Ginza Rabba...
important holy scripture of Mandaeism. The Ginza Raba is composed of two parts: the Right Ginza (GR) and the LeftGinza (GL). The GR is composed of eighteen...
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holy scripture of Mandaeism. The other part of the Ginza Rabba is the LeftGinza. Summaries of each book (or tractate), based mostly on Häberl (2007),...
(also known as the "Book of Dinanukht"), and Chapter 4 in Book 1 of the LeftGinza give detailed descriptions of the maṭartas. Some of the matarta guards...
the Ginza Rabba or Ginza, a collection of history, theology, and prayers. The Ginza Rabba is divided into two halves—the Genzā Smālā or LeftGinza, and...
The triad consisting of the 3 sons of Adam according to Book 1 of the LeftGinza: Hibil (Abel) Shitil (Seth) Anush (Enosh) The emanations: Yushamin (the...
is the angel of death. Ṣaureil features prominently in Book 1 of the LeftGinza as the angel who announces the message of death to Adam and Shitil (Seth)...
well as the "lower Abaddons" (ʿbdunia titaiia). The final poem of the LeftGinza mentions the "House of the Abaddons" (bit ʿbdunia). Häberl (2022) considers...
mentioned in the Ginza Rabba are: Amamit Namrus (Nimrus) Qananit (in Right Ginza Book 6, i.e. the Book of Dinanukht) Dayum (in LeftGinza 3.27) Gelbert (2013)...
LeftGinza. Psalm 8 has various Mandaean motifs, such as the capture of demons and the triumph of Light (e.g., chapter 15 in Book 2 of the LeftGinza)...
seven; Book 6 of the Right Ginza (also known as the "Book of Dinanukht") lists six, and Chapter 4 in Book 1 of the LeftGinza lists eight. Alternatively...
The Sea of Suf is mentioned in Right Ginza 1, 2.3, 3, 5.2, 9.1, 15.1, 15.10, 15.12, 15.18, 16.1, 16.6, and LeftGinza 2.14, often as iama rba ḏ-sup or the...
Mandaeism, various beings inhabit the World of Darkness. According to the Right Ginza, the World of Darkness consists of many demons, dewis, and evil spirits...
Zahroun Amara Salem Choheili List of Mandaic manuscripts Ginza Rabba Right GinzaLeftGinza Huntington MS 6 Mandaean Book of John Qolasta (prayerbook)...
texts written in Classical Mandaic. Well-known Mandaean texts include the Ginza Rabba (also known as the Sidra Rabbā) and the Qolastā. Texts for Mandaean...
one of the revealers of Mandaeism, identified as the biblical Seth. The LeftGinza mentions that Shitil was taken alive to the World of Light without a masiqta...
saints will experience only after the Last Judgment. In Mandaeism, the LeftGinza mentions that Shitil (Seth), the son of Adam, was taken alive to the World...
example, Right Ginza 15.8 lists the following gupnas in order: Taureil (Taurʿil) – also mentioned in Qolasta prayers 379 and 381. Right Ginza 4 identifies...
in Book 5, Chapter 1 of the Right Ginza). Talisman Hamsa Gelbert, Carlos (2023). The Key to All the Mysteries of Ginza Rba. Sydney: Living Water Books....
(which mentions Yurba as a matarta guardian), 8, 12.1, 15.5, and 18 and LeftGinza 2.22 and 3.45. Mandaean Book of John chapter 52 is a narrative dedicated...
Parṣupa Rba ('Great Immanence, Great Countenance': 1 ). In the Ginza Rabba (in Right Ginza books 1 and 2.1), the divine countenance of Hayyi Rabbi is referred...
creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba (PhD). University College London. Gelbert, Carlos (2011). Ginza Rba. Sydney: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780958034630...
of Iraq and Iran. Oxford at the Clarendon Press. Gelbert, Carlos (2011). Ginza Rba. Sydney: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780958034630. Van Rompay, Sandi (2010)...
survive in the modern era. The most important holy scripture is known as the Ginza Rabba and has portions identified by some scholars as being copied as early...
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