LoginJohn the Baptist and the Last Gnostics: The Secret History of the Mandaeans
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Are there still Gnostics and can their roots be chased back to John the Baptist?
Among the casualties of the western intervention in Iraq and the recent activities of ISIS are the Mandeans of Southern Iraq. These peace-loving people are now fleeing to the west . They are the last Gnostics, the only surviving remnant of the ancient sects who taught the direct knowledge of God, created their own gospels and myths and were persecuted as heretical by the church in the second and third centuries. The Mandeans place weekly river baptisms at the centre of their religious life and the primary exemplar of their religion is none other th
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Manufacturer: Watkins Publishing
Release date: 16 August 2016
ISBN-10 : 1780289138 | ISBN-13: 9781780289137
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Release date: 16 August 2016
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