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Outline of Mandaeism 
Summary
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mandaeism.
People edit
Mandaean diaspora edit
Historical identities edit
Related groups edit
- Kentaeans
- Elcesaites
- Ebionites
- Borborites
- Euchites
- Quqites
- Archontics
- Bana'im
- Hemerobaptists
- Maghāriya
Names edit
- Mandaean name
- Family names
Mandaean priests edit
- Mandaean priest
- Titles and rankings
- Assistant roles
- Shganda (priestly assistant; acolyte)
- Institutions
Individual priests edit
- First millennium CE
- 19th century
- 20th century
- Living people
Notable Mandaeans (non-priests) edit
Literature edit
Main texts edit
Prayers edit
- Qolasta (prayerbook)
Ritual texts edit
- The Wedding of the Great Shishlam
- Scroll of the Parwanaya
- Scroll of the Great Baptism
- Scroll of the Ancestors
- Zihrun Raza Kasia
Esoteric texts edit
- The Thousand and Twelve Questions
- Scroll of Exalted Kingship
- The Coronation of the Great Shishlam
- Alma Rišaia Rba
- Alma Rišaia Zuṭa
- The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa
- Scroll of Abatur
- Dmut Kušṭa
- Secrets of the Ancestors
- Scroll of the Rivers
- Book of the Zodiac
Historical texts edit
Apotropaic texts edit
Cosmology edit
Intermediary realms edit
- Tibil (Earth)
- Yardna (river)
- Matarta (purgatory)
- Hitfun (a dividing river)
- Shahrat (a light-ship)
- Shatrin (a tree in limbo)
World of Light edit
- World of Light
- Hayyi Rabbi (Supreme Deity)
- Shkina (celestial dwelling)
- Piriawis (celestial river)
- Anana (cloud)
- Gufna (vine)
- Ziwa (radiance)
- Mshunia Kushta (heavenly world of ideal counterparts)
- Tarwan (a "pure land")
- Yasana (a heavenly gate)
Uthras edit
- Uthra (angelic or celestial being)
- Yushamin (Second Life)
- Abatur (Third Life)
- Ptahil (Fourth Life)
- Hibil (Abel)
- Shitil (Seth)
- Anush (Enosh)
- Sam Ziwa (Shem)
- Manda d-Hayyi ("Gnosis of Life")
- Shilmai
- Nidbai
- Adathan and Yadathan
- Yufin-Yufafin
- Urfeil and Marfeil
- Tar and Tarwan
- Bihram
- Zihrun
- Etinsib Ziwa
- Nbat
- Nsab
- Gubran
- Shihlun
- Yura
- Yurba
- Yukabar
- Yukashar
- Yawar Ziwa
- Simat Hayyi ("Treasure of Life")
- Saureil
World of Darkness edit
- World of Darkness
- Sea of Suf (a dividing sea)
- Siniawis (a river)
- Jesus in Mandaeism (Mshiha)
Demons edit
Important figures edit
Concepts edit
- Kushta (truth)
- Manda (gnosis)
- Laufa (communion)
- Dmuta (image)
- Nishimta (soul)
- Ruha (spirit)
- Mana (mind)
- Adam Kasia (hidden Adam)
- Adam Pagria (bodily Adam)
Objects and symbols edit
Ritual food and drink edit
Sacramental drinks edit
Sacramental foods edit
- Pihta (flatbread, may be salted on unsalted)
- Fatira (unsalted half-baked biscuit)
- Sa (rolled up flatbread with nuts and raisins)
Sacramental meals edit
Clothing edit
Rituals and practices edit
Buildings and structures edit
- Mandi
- Sabian–Mandaean Mandi of Baghdad, Iraq
- Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi, Australia
- Yahya Yuhana Mandi, Australia
- Shkinta
- Andiruna
Calendar edit
Feasts edit
- Dehwa Rabba (New Year)
- Feast of the Great Shishlam ("Little New Year")
- Dehwa Hanina ("Little Feast")
- Abu al-Haris (commemoration of Noah's flood)
- Parwanaya (5-day intercalary feast)
- Dehwa Daimana (birthday of John the Baptist)
Months edit
Epochs edit
Language edit
Academic research edit
- Mandaean studies
- Related disciplines
Publications edit
- ARAM Periodical (academic journal)
Scholars of Mandaeism edit
17th century edit
19th century edit
- Julius Euting
- Jacques de Morgan
- Theodor Nöldeke
- Matthias Norberg
- Julius Heinrich Petermann
- Nicolas Siouffi
- John George Taylor
20th century edit
- E. S. Drower
- Mark Lidzbarski
- Rudolf Macúch
- Richard August Reitzenstein
- Kurt Rudolph
- Eric Segelberg
- Edwin M. Yamauchi
21st century edit
External links edit
Mandaeism at Wikipedia's sister projects
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
News from Wikinews
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
