The Ginza Rabba, Ginza Rba, or Sidra Rabba, and formerly the Codex Nasaraeus, is the longest and the most important holy scripture of Mandaeism. The Left Ginza is also occasionally referred to as the Book of Adam.
The Mandaean Book of John is a Mandaean holy book in Mandaic Aramaic which Mandaeans attribute to their prophet John the Baptist.
Sweden is home to one of the largest communities of the Mandaean ethnoreligious group, numbering between 10,000-20,000 people (2019). By comparison, there are now only about 3,000 Mandaeans in Iraq. Several thousand Swedish Mandaeans were granted asylum status as refugees from persecution in Iraq and Syria.
Sheikh (Rabbi) Ganzibra Dakhil Aidan was the patriarch and international head of the Mandaean religion from 1917, until his death in 1964. The mandi in Liverpool, Sydney, Australia is named in his honor.
Sheikh (Rabbi) Ganzibra Jabbar Choheili was the head of the Mandaean Council of Ahvaz, which presides over the Mandaean community of Iran.
A mandi, mashkhanna, or beth manda is a Mandaean building that serves as a community center and place of worship. A mandi is traditionally built on the banks of a yardna, or flowing river.
A rishama or rishema is a religious patriarch in Mandaeism. It is the highest rank out of all the Mandaean clergical ranks. The next ranks are the ganzibra and tarmida priests.
A Ganzibra is a high priest in Mandaeism. Tarmidas, or junior priests, rank below the Ganzibras.
Yahya Bihram was a 19th-century Mandaean priest. Although initially a learned layman (yalufa), he became known for reviving the Mandaean priesthood after a cholera epidemic had killed all living Mandaean priests in 1831. He is mentioned in the colophons of various Mandaean manuscripts.
In Mandaeism, a shkinta or shkina (škina) is a celestial dwelling inhabited by uthras in the World of Light that is analogous to the shekhinah in Jewish mysticism. In Tibil, it refers to a reed hut that is used during Mandaean priest initiation ceremonies, since Mandaean priests represent uthras on earth.
The drabsha or darfash is the symbol of the Mandaean faith. It is typically translated as 'banner'.
Mandaean Australians are Australians of Mandaean descent or Mandaeans who have Australian citizenship.
A Mandaean priest or Rabbi refers to an ordained religious leader in Mandaeism.
Rabbi Prof. Brikha H. S. Nasoraia is a Mandaean priest and scholar based in Sydney, Australia. He is affiliated with the University of Sydney and Mardin Artuklu University. He is currently a Professor of Comparative Semitics, Literature and Art History.
Salah Choheili is a Mandaean priest in Australia. He is the head priest of the Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
Khaldoon Majid Abdullah is a Mandaean priest in Australia. He is currently the ganzibra of the Yahya Yuhana Mandi in Prestons, New South Wales, Australia.
The Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi is a Mandaean temple (mandi) in downtown Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. It is named after Rishama Dakhil Aidan, who was the head priest of the Mandaean community in Iraq from 1917 to 1964.
Rabbi Negm bar Zahroon was a Mandaean priest. He is primarily known as E. S. Drower's main field consultant who helped her procure dozens of Mandaic texts, now kept in the Bodleian Library's Drower Collection.
Rabbi Abdullah bar Negm was a Mandaean priest who served as the Rishama of Baghdad, Iraq during the latter half of the 20th century.
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