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• Title:[Book of kings (Mandaean chronicle). English.]
  The Book of Kings and the explanations of this world : a universal history from the late Sasanian Empire / translated with introduction and commentary by Charles G. Häberl.
  
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• Variant Title:Universal history from the late Sasanian Empire
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Häberl, Charles G., translator, writer of introduction.
  
• Published/Created:Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2022.
  ©2022
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: BT1405 .B6613 2022
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 09-15-2024
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Mandaeans--History--Sources.
  World history--Early works to 1800.
  Mandaeism.
  Sassanids--History--Sources.
  Gnosticism--History--Sources.
  
• Genre/Form:Sacred works.
  
• Description:xiv, 303 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
  
• Series:Translated texts for historians ; v. 80.
  
• Summary:"The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran are adherents of the last surviving Gnostic tradition from the period of Late Antiquity, and the Book of Kings is the capstone to one of their most sacred scriptures. A universal history in four parts, it concisely outlines the entire 480,000 year span of the material world, from its creation to its destruction in the maw of the great Leviathan, with details including a succession of antediluvian cataclysms that have previously wiped out all human life, the reigns of the kings who have reigned over humanity and are still yet to reign, a lament on the end of pagan antiquity under the reign of the Arabs, and the apocalyptic drama attending those who have the misfortune to live at the end of the world era. For the first time ever, this work appears in English in its entirety, complete and unabridged, and directly translated from original Mandaic manuscripts, with the events mentioned within it coordinated with our calendar. It also includes an extensive commentary illustrating its relationship to contemporary historical writing and with the sacred literature of Zoroastrians, Jews, Christians, Muslims, and other neighbouring religious communities living under Sasanian rule."-- Back cover.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  Text in English, translated from the Mandean ; introduction and commentary in English.
  
• ISBN:9781800856271 hardcover
  180085627X hardcover
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: Mandaeans
  Mandaean Cosmology
  Mandaean Prophets
  Mandaean Scriptures
  Mandaeans Today
  People's History for a People Without History
  Note on Translation
  Note on Transcription
  Dating The Book Of Kings
  Colophons
  Internal Evidence
  pt. One Targum
  pt. Two Kinglist
  Persian Kings
  pt. Three Chronicle
  pt. Four Apocalypse
  Lament on the Reign of the Arab Kings
  Tale of the Seven Kings
  Five Final Kings
  End of the Worlds
  Commentary
  1. Mandaic Targum
  2. Iranian King Lists
  2.1. Earliest Kings
  2.2. Villains and Heroes
  2.3. Kayanians Proper
  2.4. Later Kayanians
  2.5. Final Millennium
  2.6. Persian Kings
  3. Chronicle
  3.1. AP 790
  803 (467
  481 CE)
  3.2. 485
  536 CE
  4. Apocalypse
  4.1. Arab Kings (531
  602 CE)
  4.2. 602
  628 CE
  4.3. Tale of the Seven Kings
  4.4. Five Final Kings
  4.5. End of the Worlds.