The Thousand and Twelve Questions
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The Thousand and Twelve Questions (
Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡋࡐ ࡕࡓࡉࡎࡀࡓ ࡔࡅࡉࡀࡋࡉࡀ Alf Trisar Šuialia) is a Mandaean religious text. The 1012 Questions is one of the most detailed texts on Mandaean priestly rituals.[1]
The text contains detailed commentaries on Mandaean religious rituals, such as death masses (
Manuscripts and translations
An English translation of the text was published by
Drower Collection (abbreviated DC 36). DC 6 is an incomplete manuscript of The Thousand and Twelve Questions in the Drower Collection missing books 1 and 2, but DC 36 is the complete version with all 7 books included.[3]
Contents
Contents of the 7 parts of the 1012 Questions:[3]
- Book 1 (contains 207 sections)
- Part 1: The Questions which Nbaṭ(a diwan; title as mentioned in section 201, p. 158)
- Part 2: The explanation of the body (Tafsir Pagra)
- Part 1: The Questions which
- Book 2 (contains 442 sections)
- Part 3.1: Accidental impurity and its cure
- Part 3.2: "The Three"
- Part 4: The agreed form of the Dukrania
- Part 5.1: Blow and healing
- Part 5.2: The celebration of the marriage of Shishlam-Rba, son of Lihdaia-Rba-Zadiqa
- Part 6.1: Burial
- Part 6.2: Of postulants and priesthood
- Part 7: Concerning the postulant's first baptism – admonitions
See also
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References
External links
- Full text at Archive.org
- 1012 Questions (Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)
- 1012 Questions (Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)
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