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Sacramental flatbread in Mandaeism
In
phallic symbolism. It is rolled up like a scroll.
[1][2]It is distinct from the
faṭira, which are flatbreads that are not rolled up.
[2]The ṣa is also mentioned as the 'great first sindirka (male date-palm)' in the Scroll of the Great Baptism (line 139 f.).[3]: 69
See also
References
- ^ Drower, Ethel Stefana. 1937. The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran. Oxford At The Clarendon Press.
- ^ .
- ^ Drower, E. S. (1960). The secret Adam: a study of Nasoraean gnosis. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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