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The Scroll of the Great Baptism ( Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡀࡓࡇ ࡖࡌࡀࡑࡁࡅࡕࡀ ࡓࡀࡁࡕࡉࡀ Šarḥ ḏ-Maṣbuta Rabtia [1]) is a Mandaean religious text. It is a ritual scroll describing the 360 baptisms ( masbutas) for a polluted priest. The scroll is also called "Fifty Baptisms" and the Raza Rba ḏ-Zihrun ( Classical Mandaic: ࡓࡀࡆࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ ࡖࡆࡉࡄࡓࡅࡍ, lit. 'Great Mystery of Zihrun'). [2]
Manuscript 50 of the Drower Collection (abbreviated DC 50) is a copy of the Scroll of the Great Baptism. It was copied in 1867 by Yahya Bihram and has 962 lines. [2] Güterbock (2008) contains an analysis of the manuscript. [3]
Scroll of the Great Baptism Šarḥ ḏ-Maṣbuta Rabtia | |
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Religion | Mandaeism |
Language | Mandaic language |
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Mandaeism |
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The Scroll of the Great Baptism ( Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡀࡓࡇ ࡖࡌࡀࡑࡁࡅࡕࡀ ࡓࡀࡁࡕࡉࡀ Šarḥ ḏ-Maṣbuta Rabtia [1]) is a Mandaean religious text. It is a ritual scroll describing the 360 baptisms ( masbutas) for a polluted priest. The scroll is also called "Fifty Baptisms" and the Raza Rba ḏ-Zihrun ( Classical Mandaic: ࡓࡀࡆࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ ࡖࡆࡉࡄࡓࡅࡍ, lit. 'Great Mystery of Zihrun'). [2]
Manuscript 50 of the Drower Collection (abbreviated DC 50) is a copy of the Scroll of the Great Baptism. It was copied in 1867 by Yahya Bihram and has 962 lines. [2] Güterbock (2008) contains an analysis of the manuscript. [3]