The Thousand and Twelve Questions
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The Thousand and Twelve Questions (
Modern Mandaic: Alf Tressar Ešyāli[1]) is a Mandaean religious text. The 1012 Questions is one of the most detailed texts on Mandaean priestly rituals.[2] It is kept by Mandaean priests in the shkinta during certain rituals.[3]
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.[5]
Manuscripts from the
Rbai Rafid Collection (RRC) that correspond to parts of Alf Trisar Šuialia (DC 36) are:[6]
- RRC 2M: Diuan Mhita u-Asuta ("Blow and Healing"). Copied by Zihrun br Yahia Sam[7] in 1086 A.H. (1675–1676 A.D.). Longest RRC manuscript. Contains Neo-Mandaic features.[8]
- RRC 3R: Tafsir u-Afrašta Kasita. Copied in 1173 A.H. (1759–1760 A.D.). Transliterated text published online in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.[9]
- RRC 6D: Sigia ḏ-Dihbaiia. Copied in Šuštar in 1085 A.H. (1674–1675 A.D.).
Contents
Contents of the 7 parts of the 1012 Questions:[5]
- 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 (i.e., ritual errors and how to correct them)
- 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 (similar to lines 970–1042 in the Scroll of Exalted Kingship[3])
Parallels in other religions
The 1012 Questions has various similarities to Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah.[3]
See also
Wikiquote has quotations related to The Thousand and Twelve Questions.
References
- ISBN 978-1-80085-627-1.
- ^ OCLC 65198443.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-969944-5.
- S2CID 162482018.
- ^ )
- ^ Morgenstern, Matthew (2013). New Manuscript Sources for the Study of Mandaic. In: V. Golinets et. al (eds.), Neue Beiträge zur Semitistik. Sechstes Treffen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Semitistik in der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft vom 09.–11. Februar 2013 in Heidelberg. AOAT, Ugarit Verlag.
- ISSN 1477-8351.
- ISSN 1477-8351.
- ^ Morgenstern, Matthew (ed.). "Alf Trisar Šuialia". The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
External links
- Full text at Archive.org
- Photographed scroll (DC 6) from Digital Bodleian
- 1012 Questions (Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)
- 1012 Questions (Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)
- Transliterated text (The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon)
