Shishlam

Shishlam
Prototypical Mandaean priest
Other namesShishlam Rabba (Šišlam Rba)
Texts
Ethnic groupMandaeans
FestivalsFeast of the Great Shishlam
ConsortEzlat

In Mandaeism, Shishlam (Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡉࡔࡋࡀࡌ, romanized: Šišlam, lit.'consummate perfection';[1]) is a figure representing the prototypical Mandaean priest or Mandaean. He is also frequently referred to in Mandaean texts as Šišlam Rabba (Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡉࡔࡋࡀࡌ ࡓࡁࡀ, romanized: Šišlam Rba, lit.'Great Shishlam'.[2] Shishlam is sometimes identified with Adam Kasia, the "Perfect Man".[3]

  1. ^ Drower/Macuch: Drower, E. S. (2021). A Mandaic Dictionary. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 464a. ISBN 978-1-7252-7204-0.
  2. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
  3. ^ Drower/Macuch: Drower, E. S. (2021). A Mandaic Dictionary. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 464a. ISBN 978-1-7252-7204-0.