Right Ginza

Right Ginza
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ReligionMandaeism
LanguageMandaic language

The Right Ginza (Classical Mandaic: ࡂࡉࡍࡆࡀ ࡉࡀࡌࡉࡍࡀ, romanized: Ginza Yamina[1]) is one of the two parts of the Ginza Rabba, the longest and the most important holy scripture of Mandaeism. The other part of the Ginza Rabba is the Left Ginza.[2]

Summaries of each book (or tractate), based mostly on Häberl (2007), are provided below.[3] Translated excerpts are from Gelbert (2011), which is mostly based on Lidzbarski (1925),[4] while Mandaic transliterations are derived from Gelbert (2011, 2021[5]).

Opening lines of each chapter are provided below, since Mandaeans often refer to Mandaic prayers by their opening lines.

  1. ^ Rudolph, Kurt (2012). "Mandaeans: ii. The Mandaean religion". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  2. ^ Gelbert, Carlos (2011). Lofts, Mark J. (ed.). Ginza Rba. Sydney: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780958034630.
  3. ^ Häberl, Charles G. (2007). Introduction to the New Edition, in The Great Treasure of the Mandaeans, a new edition of J. Heinrich Petermann's Thesaurus s. Liber Magni, with a new introduction and a translation of the original preface by Charles G. Häberl. Gorgias Press, LLC. doi:10.7282/T3C53J6P
  4. ^ Lidzbarski, Mark (1925). Ginza: Der Schatz oder Das große Buch der Mandäer. Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht.
  5. ^ Gelbert, Carlos (2021). گینزا ربَّا = Ginza Rba (in Arabic). Edensor Park, NSW, Australia: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780648795407.