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John the Baptist and the Last Gnostics

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

John the Baptist and the Last Gnostics

By Andrew Phillip Smith

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Among the casualties of the western intervention in Iraq and the recent activities of ISIS are the Mandaeans of southern Iraq. Keepers of an ancient minority religious tradition, these peace-loving people may now be found in small numbers in such unlikely locations as Sydney, New Jersey, or Manchester. They have a claim to being the last Gnostics, The Mandaeans place weekly river baptisms at the centre of their religious life, and the primary exemplar, though not the founder, of their religion i...Show more

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Watkins Media

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2016

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John the Baptist and the Last Gnostics

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