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The Kentaeans were a Gnostic religious group of Mesopotamia from around the 5th century AD. They are often thought of as a Gnostic sect that is closely related to but distinct from the Mandaeans. [1]
Historical sources
The Kentaeans are mentioned near the end of Book 3 and at the beginning of Book 9.1 in the Right Ginza, [2] as well as in Qolasta Prayer 357. [3]: 251 The Ginza Rabba identifies the Kentaeans with Kiwan (Saturn) and criticizes them for their fasting. [2] They are also mentioned by Arab historians such as Ibn al-Malāḥimī as the Kintānīya, while aš-Šahrastānī refers to them as the Kintawīya. [1]: 41 Al-Masʿūdī briefly mentions them as the Kinṯāwīyūn. [1]: 42
References to both the Kentaeans and Mandaeans can be found in three 6th-century Syriac Christian texts, namely the Cyrus of Edessa's Explanation for the Fasts, the Acts of Symeon bar Ṣabbāʿe, and the title of a lost work by Nathaniel of Šahrazur. [1]: 26–34 Van Bladel (2017) argues that both the Mandaeans and Kentaeans likely originated during the mid or late 5th century in the Sasanian Empire. [1]: 34–36
Common origin and schism with Mandaeans
Theodore bar Konai ( c. 792 in the Book of the Scholion) considers the Mandaeans, whom he refers to as the Dostaeans, to be an offshoot of the Kentaeans. [1]: 19 Van Bladel (2017) argues that the Kentaeans ( Classical Syriac: ܟܢܬܝܐ, romanized: kntyʾ), who derived their teachings from Abel, and Mandaeans are closely related to each other, and that they had become distinct from each other due to a historical schism. [1] [4] [5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g van Bladel, Kevin (2017). From Sasanian Mandaeans to Ṣābians of the Marshes. Leiden: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004339460. ISBN 978-90-04-33943-9.
- ^ a b Gelbert, Carlos (2011). Ginza Rba. Sydney: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780958034630.
- ^ Drower, E. S. (1959). The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
- ^ Bukovec, Predrag; Bladel, Kevin Van (2018). "Review: From Sasanian Mandaeans to Ṣābians of the Marshes". Iran & the Caucasus. 22 (2). Brill: 211–213. ISSN 1609-8498. JSTOR 26548938. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
- ^ Han, Jae Hee (2018-03-05). "From Sasanian Mandaeans to Ṣābians of the Marshes". Ancient Jew Review. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
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The Kentaeans were a Gnostic religious group of Mesopotamia from around the 5th century AD. They are often thought of as a Gnostic sect that is closely related to but distinct from the Mandaeans. [1]
Historical sources
The Kentaeans are mentioned near the end of Book 3 and at the beginning of Book 9.1 in the Right Ginza, [2] as well as in Qolasta Prayer 357. [3]: 251 The Ginza Rabba identifies the Kentaeans with Kiwan (Saturn) and criticizes them for their fasting. [2] They are also mentioned by Arab historians such as Ibn al-Malāḥimī as the Kintānīya, while aš-Šahrastānī refers to them as the Kintawīya. [1]: 41 Al-Masʿūdī briefly mentions them as the Kinṯāwīyūn. [1]: 42
References to both the Kentaeans and Mandaeans can be found in three 6th-century Syriac Christian texts, namely the Cyrus of Edessa's Explanation for the Fasts, the Acts of Symeon bar Ṣabbāʿe, and the title of a lost work by Nathaniel of Šahrazur. [1]: 26–34 Van Bladel (2017) argues that both the Mandaeans and Kentaeans likely originated during the mid or late 5th century in the Sasanian Empire. [1]: 34–36
Common origin and schism with Mandaeans
Theodore bar Konai ( c. 792 in the Book of the Scholion) considers the Mandaeans, whom he refers to as the Dostaeans, to be an offshoot of the Kentaeans. [1]: 19 Van Bladel (2017) argues that the Kentaeans ( Classical Syriac: ܟܢܬܝܐ, romanized: kntyʾ), who derived their teachings from Abel, and Mandaeans are closely related to each other, and that they had become distinct from each other due to a historical schism. [1] [4] [5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g van Bladel, Kevin (2017). From Sasanian Mandaeans to Ṣābians of the Marshes. Leiden: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004339460. ISBN 978-90-04-33943-9.
- ^ a b Gelbert, Carlos (2011). Ginza Rba. Sydney: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780958034630.
- ^ Drower, E. S. (1959). The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
- ^ Bukovec, Predrag; Bladel, Kevin Van (2018). "Review: From Sasanian Mandaeans to Ṣābians of the Marshes". Iran & the Caucasus. 22 (2). Brill: 211–213. ISSN 1609-8498. JSTOR 26548938. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
- ^ Han, Jae Hee (2018-03-05). "From Sasanian Mandaeans to Ṣābians of the Marshes". Ancient Jew Review. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
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