Kemal Yildirim

Mandaeans, The descendants of one of Mesopotamia's ancient civilization

The descendants of one of Mesopotamia's oldest religious minorities

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Produktbeschreibung

Who are Mandeans?Mandaeans (Arabic: , romanized: as-Sabi ah alManda iyun) are an ethnoreligious group native to the alluvial plain of southern Mesopotamia and are followers of Mandaeism, a monotheistic Gnostic religion. They were probably the first to practice baptism and are the last surviving Gnostics from antiquity. The Mandaeans were originally native speakers of Mandaic, a Semitic language that evolved from Eastern Middle Aramaic, before many switched to colloquial Iraqi Arabic and Modern Persian. Mandaic is mainly preserved as a liturgical language. In the aftermath of the Iraq War of 2003, the Mandaean community of Iraq, which used to number 60,000-70,000 persons, collapsed; most of the community relocated to nearby Iran, Syria and Jordan, or formed diaspora communities beyond the Middle East. The other community of Iranian Mandaeans has also been dwindling as a result of religious persecution over that decade.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 179g
• ISBN-13: 9786202524940
• ISBN-10: 6202524944
• Artikelnr.: 59401998

Autorenporträt

Prof. Dr. Kemal Yildirim ist Autor von mehr als zweihundert Büchern und 500 Artikeln, die in Fachzeitschriften veröffentlicht wurden Er ist auch Filmemacher mit mehr als zwanzig Spiel- und Dokumentarfilmen Er arbeitet derzeit an östlicher Philosophie.