Mandaean (Language, religion, customs and traditions)

Authors

  • Mazin Muhammed Husain University of Babylon - Babylon Center For cultural and historical studies

Keywords:

Mandaean, SabeanMandaean language

Abstract

The research deals with Mandaean in two sections, the first in which we dealt with the linguistic concept of Mandaean and (Sabeans), as well as the location of the Mandaean language among the Semitic languages ​​with illustrative tables for this language showing the Mandaean line between the lines of the different Semitic languages, while the second topic we dealt with the MandaeanSabeans and their mention in the Holy Quran and the sites of mention And to clarify those verses, as we dealt with their most important religious books and hymns and an explanation of some texts written in the Mandaean language with the translation set for them. For this region and its inhabitants and evidence of its fertility and the richness of its people in various religions, the research included some appendices that included pictures of the Mandaean sect as they performed their religious rituals and their various customs in this field, and it was found that their special dress on these religious and other occasions, the SabeanMandaeans have formed throughout history an important element of the elements Social cross-fertilization in Mesopotamia, and it is not easy for us to understand this period A story about the history of the Sabean-Mandaean sect in Iraq and the region, due to the depth of this history, as well as for several reasons in addition to what I mentioned earlier. We also relied, in writing this research, on the available sources we have from books and studies from those who preceded us in this field, and we have relied in understanding some things on the Holy Qur’an Referring to the SabeanMandaeans, great authors wrote on this subject and came up with a lot of knowledge, and the result may be to add something even simple to what they wrote and collected, that the cross-fertilization of civilization in Mesopotamia between different religions has been since ancient times and through this simplified presentation we have shed light On a rich cultural heritage represented in Mandaean)language, religion, customs, and traditions).

Published

2021-07-31