Alma Rišaia Rba

*Alma Rišaia Rba*
Alma Rišaia Rba
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Religion	Mandaeism
Language	Mandaic language

The Alma Rišaia Rba or Diwan Alma Rišaia Rabbā (Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡋࡌࡀ ࡓࡉࡔࡀࡉࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ, "The Great Supreme World" or "The Great First World") is a Mandaean religious text. The text is used for Mandaean priestly initiation ceremonies. It is written as a scroll and has numerous illustrations. The Alma Rišaia Rba complements the Alma Rišaia Zuṭa, or "The Smaller Supreme World", a related Mandaic text used for priestly rituals.^[1]

Manuscripts and translations[edit]

An English translation of the text was published by E. S. Drower in 1963, which was based on manuscript 41 of the Drower Collection (abbreviated DC 41). The manuscript consists of 8 parts. It was copied in 1224 A.H. (1809 or 1810 A.D.).^[2] The DC 41 manuscript contains an illustration with Qolasta prayer 79 in scrambled form, and the text also has a scrambled version of Qolasta prayer 82 (which is also quoted in the Book 4 of the Right Ginza).^[1]

Add. 23,602B, Kholasta sive liturgica Sabiorum Libri Joannis Fragmenta Mendaice is a book of fragments that was probably obtained by Colonel John George Taylor. It contains fragments of Maṣbuta ḏ-Hibil Ziua and Alma Rišaia Rba.^[3]

Prayer sequence[edit]

In Alma Rišaia Rba, the prescribed sequence of Qolasta prayers (numbered below according to Drower's 1959 Canonical Prayerbook) to be recited is as follows.^[2]

1, 3, 5, 19
7
33–34
75–77
9, 35
34
45–70
29
71–72
91
32–34
75–77
9, 35
44–49
3
50–64, 66–69
91–99
71
100
71–72
101–103
63
108
3
35
9
58
65
71
170
36
59–60
72
80
2, 4
1, 3, 5, 19
32–34
75–77
9
35–70
91
96
79–80
33
81
34
1
75–77
9
35–36
44–69
91–99
70
102
71–72
80
101–102
63
58 (?)
3
35
58 (?)
65 (?)
76
170
80 (?)
178

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
^ ^a ^b Drower, E. S. 1963. A Pair of Naṣoraean Commentaries: Two Priestly Documents, the Great First World and the Lesser First World. Leiden: Brill.
^ Vinklát, Marek (2020-07-06). "Two Unidentified Fragments of Mandaean Ritual Scrolls in the British Museum". Coptica, Gnostica und Mandaica. De Gruyter. pp. 188–195. doi:10.1515/9783110619904-010. ISBN 9783110619904. S2CID 241365971.

External links[edit]

Full text at Archive.org
Alma Rishaia Rba (Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)
Alma Rishaia Rba (Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)

[Buckley_2002-1] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.

[pair-2] Drower, E. S. 1963. A Pair of Naṣoraean Commentaries: Two Priestly Documents, the Great First World and the Lesser First World. Leiden: Brill.

[3] Vinklát, Marek (2020-07-06). "Two Unidentified Fragments of Mandaean Ritual Scrolls in the British Museum". Coptica, Gnostica und Mandaica. De Gruyter. pp. 188–195. doi:10.1515/9783110619904-010. ISBN 9783110619904. S2CID 241365971.

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Manuscripts and translations[edit]

Prayer sequence[edit]

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References[edit]

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