Miriai

Miriai
Bornc. 1st century AD
Palestine
Tradition or genre
Mandaeism

Miriai or Meryey (Classical Mandaic: ࡌࡉࡓࡉࡀࡉ) was a Mandaean scriptures. Miriai is one of the most important figures in the Mandaean Book of John, which contains detailed stories and speeches of Miriai in chapters 34 and 35. Miriai lived in a Mandaean village in Palestine around the first century CE.[1] According to the Mandaean Book of John, she was a contemporary of Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist.[2]

  1. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Haberl 2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).