The Great Stem of Souls : : Reconstructing Mandaean History / / Jorunn Buckley.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Buckley, Jorunn,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Mandaean Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (382 p.) :; 14
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; LIST OF PLATES --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; PART 1: GINZA MATTERS --; PART 2: PRIESTS AND SCHOLARS --; PART 3: MORE TEXTS --; PART 4: DISCERNING HISTORY --; AFTERWORD --; APPENDIX A --; APPENDIX B --; APPENDIX C --; ABBREVIATIONS AND EDITIONS --; GLOSSARY --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX OF PRIESTS --; INDEX OF AUTHORS
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463213022; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463213022
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jorunn Buckley.

Mandaean priests, representatives of a religious heritage that can be traced back to Late Antique Mesopotamia, still copy their ancient literature by hand. The Great Stem of Souls is a study of the colophons – postscripts at the end of each text – that are appended to most Mandaean documents. A study of the contents of the colophons provides a framework for reconstructing Mandaean history.