Controversy, controversy and criticism against Christians in the Mandaean writings
In this article I shall explain the major issues of conflict and controversy in Mandaean anti-Christian polemic, which can be seen in their religious texts (mainly the two books of Ginza and their corpus of ritual and liturgical prayers). I will pay special attention to the criticism of monastic and...
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2018-12-01
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| description | In this article I shall explain the major issues of conflict and controversy in Mandaean anti-Christian polemic, which can be seen in their religious texts (mainly the two books of Ginza and their corpus of ritual and liturgical prayers). I will pay special attention to the criticism of monastic and clerical movements and the forms of asceticism, as well as how common figures in both religions (God the Father, the Holy Spirit, Christ, Mary and of course John the Baptist) are treated in Mandaean creeds and beliefs. This is quite different from Christianity and is a result not only of centuries of relatively peaceful syncretism but also of a tense and hostile historic coexistence between the two religions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-33386ee3222141c59680b34bcbbdcc632022-12-22T01:08:41ZengUniversidad de ChileCuadernos Judaicos0718-87492018-12-0135224510.5354/0718-8749.2018.5201552015Controversy, controversy and criticism against Christians in the Mandaean writingsJesús Galisteo Leiva0Universidad de CádizIn this article I shall explain the major issues of conflict and controversy in Mandaean anti-Christian polemic, which can be seen in their religious texts (mainly the two books of Ginza and their corpus of ritual and liturgical prayers). I will pay special attention to the criticism of monastic and clerical movements and the forms of asceticism, as well as how common figures in both religions (God the Father, the Holy Spirit, Christ, Mary and of course John the Baptist) are treated in Mandaean creeds and beliefs. This is quite different from Christianity and is a result not only of centuries of relatively peaceful syncretism but also of a tense and hostile historic coexistence between the two religions.https://cuadernosjudaicos.uchile.cl/index.php/CJ/article/view/52015 |
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