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 Mandaean studies from the late 1960s until today, a study of Mandaean scribal lineages...
| Subtitles: | Eighteen hundered years of encounters with Mandaeans |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Piscataway, NJ
Gorgias Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen, 1800 years of encounters with Mandaeans] (2025) (Häberl, Charles G., 1976 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Gorgias Mandaean studies
5 |
| Further subjects: | B
Mandaeans
B Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen Knowledge and learning |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
Electronic |
| Summary: | "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 Mandaean studies from the late 1960s until today, a study of Mandaean scribal lineages, accounts of private and public meetings with Mandeans around the world with 26 anecdotes / vignettes, as well as selections from a privately printed book on her international human rights work for Mandaeans. The book is dedicated to a treasured Mandaean friend, the yalufa (learned layman) Sh. Salem Choheili"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xxxiv, 112 Seiten, 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4632-4132-2 |