Mandaean Poems from the 18th Century: A Forgotten Genre

This article presents an edition and translation of two recently discovered Mandaic poems from the late 18th century, a period for which no such material has previously been attested. The poems are composed in the mixed literary idiom employed by Mandaean priests up to the 19th century that combine...

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Main Author: Matthew Morgenstern
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University 2019-10-01
Series:Orientalia Suecana
Online Access:https://journals.uu.se/orientaliasuecana/article/view/535