I'm also pleased to have evidence that basically every religious group forged treaties to regulate diversity in the #medieval #MiddleEast. While Sunni ulama ascribed theirs to #Umar, #Jews, #Christians, #Samaritans, #Zoroastrians, and #Mandaeans all claimed treaties with Muhammad himself.

I'm preparing the bibliography of my current monograph manuscript, and I'm being delighted by reminders of the various things I brought together. I'm primarily a scholar of Islam and Christianty, but I learned so much about #medieval #Zoroastrians, #Mandaeans, and #Samaritans, and enjoyed doing so.

1800 Years of Encounters With Mandaeans Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley’s new book is both an updated academic study and an autobiographical account of her decades-long Mandaean encounters. The book includes the author’s intellectual timeline in Ma...

Our first #bookreview of the year!

"Those who study Mandaeism will undoubtedly read this book for the memories and insights it preserves from the leading scholar in the field in our time." Excerpt, RBL 01/2026

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Don't miss this special session on Mandaeism tomorrow, Monday 24, at the #aarsbl annual meetings! The two featured titles can be found here, & Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley's book is part of our annual sale.
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The Ascension of the Soul in Mandaean Gnostic Mysticism -- The Soul Within Me Yearns For Hayyi (The Great Life, Supreme Being): santmatradhasoami.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-...

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The Mandaean Gnostic Redeemer: medium.com/sant-mat-med...

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The cross, otherwise known as a "Drabsha" was a #Mandaeans religious symbol representing healing & rebirth, long before Christianity made it about misery & death

#Mandaeanism is an almost extinct religion that venerates Water, their place of worship is a river. They hung their towels on the Drabsha

"I wander about
searching after my soul,
which is worth ages and worlds to me.
I went and found my soul --
what are
all the worlds
to me?"
- Canonical Prayer Book #gnostic #gnosis #gnosticism #Mandaean #mandaeans #meditation #spirituality #spiritualquotes #mystics #knowthyself #philosophy #religion