The Knowledge of Life, the Origins and Early History of the Mandaeans and their Relation to the Sabians of the Qur’ān and to the Harranians (Șinasi GÜNDÜZ)

GÜNDÜZ (Șinasi), The knowledge of life, the origins and early history of the Mandaeans and their relation to the Sabians of the Qur’ān and to the Harranians, Oxford, Oxford University Press, ("Journal of semitic studies, vol. 3"), 256 p. ISBN 0199221936

This third volume in the new series of supplements to the Journal of Semitic Studies is a survey of the historical and religious problems involved in the interconnection between the Sabians of the Qur’an, the Mandeans of southern Iraq, and the "Sabians" of Harran in northern Mesopotamia. It offers an important examination of traditional assertions by some that the Mandaeans and by others that the Harranians should be recognized as the "Sabians" of the Qur’an, the people granted protected status in Islamic law.

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PrefaceAbbreviationsCh. I. IntroductionCh. II. The Sabians According to Islamic SourcesCh. III. The Mandaean SourcesCh. IV. Various Foreign Elements in Mandaeism and the Western Connections of the MandaeansCh. V. Eastern Sources for the Mandaeans and the Problem of Their Early Appearance in MesopotamiaCh. VI. Cults and Beliefs of the HarraniansCh. VII. A Comparison of Mandaeism with Harranian ReligionCh. VIII. ConclusionSelected BibliographyIndex