List Of Mandaean Priests
This article contains a list of historical and active Mandaean priests, all of whom have the ranks of Rishama, Ganzibra or Tarmida. Mandaean priestly families include the Manduia (Manduwi), Kupašia (Khaffagi), Kuhailia ( Choheili), and Durakia (Dorragi) families, all of which can be traced back to the mid-1400s. List of Mandaean priests Active Most of the following list of currently active Mandaean priests is based on Buckley (2023) and from ''The Worlds of Mandaean Priests'' website curated by Christine Robins, Yuhana Nashmi et al. *Rishamma Sattar Jabbar Hilow, Iraq *Rishamma Salah Choheili, Australia *Rishamma Professor Brikha Nasoraia, Australia *Ganzibra Najah Choheili, Iran *Ganzibra Khaldoon Majid Abdullah, Australia *Ganzibra Waleed Khashan, Australia *Ganzibra Salwan Alkhamas (or Salwan Shakir Khamas), Sweden *Ganzibra Salam Ghaiad, Sweden *Ganzibra Walid Abdul Razzak, Sweden *Ganzibra Taleb Dorragi, Iran *Ganzibra Walid Ebadfardzadeh, United States *Tarmida ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mandaean Priests
A Mandaean priest or ''Rabbi'' refers to an ordained religious leader in Mandaeism. Overview All priests must undergo lengthy ordination ceremonies, beginning with tarmida initiation. Mandaean religious leaders and copyists of religious texts hold the title ''Rabbi'' or in Arabic ' Sheikh'. All Mandaean communities traditionally require the presence of a priest, since priests are required to officiate over all important religious rituals, including masbuta, masiqta, birth and wedding ceremonies. Priests also serve as teachers, scribes, and community leaders. Unfortunately, many Mandaean diaspora communities do not have easy access to priests. Names In Mandaean scriptures, priests are referred to as ''Naṣuraiia'' ( myz, ࡍࡀࡑࡅࡓࡀࡉࡉࡀ, lit= Naṣoraeans) or occasionally as ''Tarmiduta''. On the other hand, laypeople are referred to as ''Mandaiia'' ( myz, ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀࡉࡉࡀ, lit=Gnostics, Knowers, Enlightened Ones). ''Naṣuraiia'' are considered to have ''na ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Walid Ebadfardzadeh
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Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley
Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley (born Jorunn Jacobsen in 1944 in Norway) is an American religious studies scholar and historian of religion known for her work on Mandaeism and Gnosticism. She was a former Professor of Religion at Bowdoin College. She is known for translating the ''Scroll of Exalted Kingship'' and other Mandaean texts, as well as for her various books on the Mandaean religion and people. Jorunn Buckley was married to Thomas Buckley, an American anthropologist who died in 2015. Education Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley was born in Norway. She began her undergraduate studies during the 1960s. As an undergraduate student, she studied psychology, philosophy, and Ancient Greek, and eventually became interested in Gnosticism and Mandaeism. In 1971, she went to the University of Uppsala and then studied briefly at the University of Utrecht. She also visited Iran in 1973 to conduct fieldwork on the Mandaeans. In 1975, she began her doctoral studies at the University of Chicago Divinity S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sam Zahrooni
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Bihram Khaffagi
In Mandaeism, Bihram ( myz, ࡁࡉࡄࡓࡀࡌ) or Bihram Rabba ( myz, ࡁࡉࡄࡓࡀࡌ ࡓࡁࡀ, "Bihram the Great") is an uthra (angel or guardian) who presides over the '' masbuta'', or baptism ritual. Bihram is mentioned in Mandaean texts such as the '' Qolasta''. Many Mandaean masbuta ritual prayers invoke the name of Bihram. Etymology The name Bihram may have originally been derived from the Persian name Bahram, in reference to one or several of the Sasanian kings of the third century A.D. Uthra of baptism Mandaeans consider Bihram to be the uthra of baptism. Similarly, in Sethianism, Micheus, Michar, and Mnesinous are three heavenly guardian spirits presiding over the baptism of the Living Water (see also Five Seals). Mandaean name Bihram is also a Mandaean male baptismal name (as opposed to Mandaean birth names). Notable Mandaeans with the name include Yahya Bihram. In the colophons of Mandaean texts, the name Bihram is also often mentioned for different pri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Behram Khafajy
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Rafid Al-Sabti
Mandaean priest, Rbai Rafid al-Sabti, known in full as Rafid al-Rishama Abdallah al-Ganzibra Zahrun al-Rishama Abdallah al-Sabti ( ar, رافد الريشاما عبدالله الگنزبرا نجم الگنزبرا زهرون الريشاما عبدالله السبتي كنيانا عزيز; born 1965, Iraq), is an Iraqi-Dutch Mandaean priest in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Biography Al-Sabti was born in 1965 to Rishama Abdullah bar Negm, Abdullah, son of Negm bar Zahroon, Sheikh Neǧm, in Baghdad, Iraq. He was initiated into the Mandaean priesthood by his father. Al-Sabti later emigrated to the Netherlands. Al-Sabti is the custodian of the Rbai Rafid Collection (RRC), a private collection of Mandaean manuscripts held in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Important manuscripts in the collection include different versions of the Ginza Rabba and a copy of the ''Alma Rišaia Zuṭa'' known as Ms. RRC 3F, as well as a ''Qolasta, qulasta'' inscribed on lead plates. Publications *''Brakha, Mandaea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Qais Aidan
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Saleem Al-Zuhairi
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Sahi Bashikh
Tarmida Sahi Bashikh Al-Zahrooni ( ar, ساهي باشخ الزهروني, also known as Sahi Khamisi ; born 1966, in Susangerd, Khuzestan, Iran) is an Iranian-Australian Mandaean priest. He is a priest at Yahya Yuhana Mandi in Sydney, Australia. Biography He was born in Susangerd, Khuzestan, Iran in 1966 and lived in Ahvaz for most of his life. He emigrated to Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ..., Australia in the mid-2010s, where he was initiated as a tarmida by Ganzibra Khaldoon Majid Abdullah. Publications His books include: *Khamisi, Sahi (2015)آیا صابئین مندایی را میشناسید؟/ ''Āyā Sābe’īn-e Mandāyī rā mishenāsīd? o You Know the Sabaean Mandaeans?'. Tehran: Yadavaran. . صابئین قوم همیشه زند ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |