LEADER 03026nam 2200505 450 001 9910163088603321 005 20230810001836.0 010 $a90-04-33946-9 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004339460 035 $a(CKB)3710000001034288 035 $a(OCoLC)962840525$z(OCoLC)962553009 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004339460 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5312476 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5312476 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL990310 035 $a(OCoLC)972132344 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001034288 100 $a20170210d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun| uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aFrom Sasanian Mandaeans to S?a?bians of the marshes /$fby Kevin T. Van Bladel 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLeiden ;$aBoston :$cBrill,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 153 pages) 225 1 $aLeiden studies in Islam and society ;$vv. 6 311 $a90-04-33943-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Matter -- Introduction -- Early Contacts between Arab Muslims and Aramaean Mandaeans and the Date of Zazay -- Theodore Bar Konay?s Account of Mandaean Origins (circa 792) -- Three Sixth-Century Syriac References to Mandaeans by Name -- On the Kentaeans and Their Relationship with the Mandaeans -- The Account of al-?asan ibn Bahl?l (Bar Bahlul), Second Half of Tenth Century -- Identifying Ab? ?Al? -- The Marshes of the ??bians -- Other Reports on the Mandaeans after Ab? ?Al? -- Back to the Question of Origins -- Pre-Mandaean N??oraeans -- The Religious Environment of Sasanian Iraq -- Mandaeism as a Changing Tradition -- Bar Konay on the Kentaeans, Dostaeans, and Nerigaeans, in English -- Ibn Wa???ya on Aramaic Dialects -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aThis historical study argues that the Mandaean religion originated under Sasanid rule in the fifth century, not earlier as has been widely accepted. It analyzes primary sources in Syriac, Mandaic, and Arabic to clarify the early history of Mandaeism. This religion, along with several other, shorter-lived new faiths, such as Kentaeism, began in a period of state-sponsored persecution of Babylonian paganism. The Mandaeans would survive to become one of many groups known as ??bians by their Muslim neighbors. Rather than seeking to elucidate the history of Mandaeism in terms of other religions to which it can be related, this study approaches the religion through the history of its social contexts. 410 0$aLeiden Studies in Islam and Society$v06. 606 $aMandaeans$xHistory 606 $aMandaeans$xReligion 615 0$aMandaeans$xHistory. 615 0$aMandaeans$xReligion. 676 $a299/.9 700 $aVan Bladel$b Kevin Thomas$01007070 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163088603321 996 $aFrom Sasanian Mandaeans to S?a?bians of the marshes$92890296 997 $aUNINA