Qolusta

The Qolusta (Modern Mandaic: Qōlutā) is the canonical prayer book of the Mandaeans, a Gnostic sect from Iraq and Iran. It was translated into English by E. S. Drower. The Mandaic word qolusta means "collection".[1] The prayerbook is a collection of Mandaic prayers regarding baptisms and other sacred rituals involved in the ascension of the soul.[2]

The Qolusta, and two other key texts to Mandaic literature, the Mandaean Book of John and the Ginza Rba, were compiled together,[2] though their date of authorship is heavily debated, some believing it to be during the second and third centuries,[3] and others believing it to be conceived during the first century.[4]

References

  1. Drower, E. S. (1959). Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandeans. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
  2. Haardt, Robert (1971). Gnosis: Character and Testimony. Leiden.
  3. Drower, E. S. (2002). The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran: Their Cults, Customs, Magic. Gorgias Press.
  4. Dunlap, S. F. (1998). Sōd, The Son Of The Man. San Diego: Wizards Bookshelf.


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