Home›Sources›The Mandaeans: Ancient Texts and Modern PeopleSourcesThe Mandaeans: Ancient Texts and Modern PeopleCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Mandaeans: Ancient Texts and Modern People." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-mandaeans-ancient-texts-and-modern-people.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Mandaeans: Ancient Texts and Modern People. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-mandaeans-ancient-texts-and-modern-peopleCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-mandaeans-ancient-texts-and-modern-p, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Mandaeans: Ancient Texts and Modern People}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-mandaeans-ancient-texts-and-modern-people}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXJorunn Jacobsen Buckley's account was written working directly with the living Mandaean community as well as with Mandaic texts, a documented dual method distinct from a purely textual history of a religion assumed to have no surviving practitioners. That combination of textual scholarship and direct engagement with actual living Mandaeans is the book's real evidentiary basis and the reason it stands as the standard scholarly account. This record has not independently traced further scholarly response to Buckley's specific claims since 2002. Use it for established facts about Mandaean texts and the modern living Mandaean community; a claim resting purely on a specific ancient Mandaic manuscript's own dating needs a dedicated textual source.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (261 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedJorunn Jacobsen BuckleyPublisherWell-attestedOxford University PressPublication YearWell-attested2002URLWell-attestedhttps://archive.org/details/mandaeansancient0000buckSource TypeWell-attestedMonographAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley's account, written working directly with the living Mandaean community as well as with Mandaic texts, a documented dual method distinct from a purely textual history of a religion assumed to have no surviving practitioners.NotesWell-attestedThe standard scholarly account of Mandaeism, written with the living community as well as the texts.Claims Backed By This Source (261 claims)This source backs 261 claims across the atlas. As facts: 201 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 13 holds. Plus 45 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicAlphabet Letters, 100 claims: 75 well-attested, 25 general references.Doctrines, 41 claims: 30 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 5 holds, 5 general references.Scriptures & Texts, 33 claims: 25 well-attested, 4 holds, 4 general references.Deities, 28 claims: 22 well-attested, 2 holds, 4 general references.Articles, 24 claims: 23 well-attested, 1 general references.Religions, 14 claims: 11 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 2 general references.Bodies of Water, 9 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 holds, 3 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Languages, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested201Alphabet LettersAb ࡁAd ࡃAg ࡂAh ࡄAin ࡘAk ࡊAksa ࡉAl ࡋAm ࡌAn ࡍAp ࡐAq ࡒAr ࡓAs ࡎAsh ࡔAsz ࡑAt ࡕAtt ࡈAz ࡆDushenna ࡖHalqa ࡀIn ࡏIt ࡇKad ࡗUshenna ࡅArticlesA Demiurge Without the Full Hostility of Some Gnostic ParallelsA Judgment Woven Into Mandaean Funerary PracticeA Priestly Language in a Small CommunityA Religion That Cannot Function Without Running WaterA Scripture of a Community That Does Not Seek New MembersBaptism and the RiverComposition, Manuscripts and StudyGnosis as Lived Ritual, Not Only DoctrineJohn the Baptiser in Mandaean MemoryJohn, Jesus, and the Last of the GnosticsKarbala, the Mandaeans and the DryingOne Book, Read From Both EndsPrayers of Baptism and AscentThe Being Who Gives Mandaeism Its NameThe Flawed Maker of the Material WorldThe Great Life at the Source of EverythingThe Last Living Gnostic ReligionThe Rite With No Substitute: The MasiqtaThe World of LightTransmission, Colophons and SurvivalWeigher of the Dead at the Edge of the LightworldBodies of WaterEuphrates RiverJordan RiverTigris RiverDeitiesAbaturShowing 1 to 50 of 65 entities carrying this claim. NextScholarly debate2DoctrinesYahya Yuhana as the True TeacherReligionsMandaeismHolds13Bodies of WaterEuphrates RiverJordan RiverDeitiesHayyi RabbiPtahilDoctrinesHayyi Rabbi, the Great LifeMembership by Birth, Not by ConversionThe Ascent of the Soul Through the Watch-HousesThe World of Light and the World of DarknessYahya Yuhana as the True TeacherScriptures & TextsGinza RabbaHaran GawaitaMandaean Book of JohnQolastaGeneral References45Alphabet LettersAb ࡁAd ࡃAg ࡂAh ࡄAin ࡘAk ࡊAksa ࡉAl ࡋAm ࡌAn ࡍAp ࡐAq ࡒAr ࡓAs ࡎAsh ࡔAsz ࡑAt ࡕAtt ࡈAz ࡆDushenna ࡖHalqa ࡀIn ࡏIt ࡇKad ࡗUshenna ࡅArticlesThe Rite With No Substitute: The MasiqtaBodies of WaterEuphrates RiverJordan RiverTigris RiverDeitiesAbaturHayyi RabbiManda d-HayyiPtahilDoctrinesHayyi Rabbi, the Great LifeMembership by Birth, Not by ConversionThe Ascent of the Soul Through the Watch-HousesThe World of Light and the World of DarknessYahya Yuhana as the True TeacherLanguagesClassical MandaicReligionsMandaeismThe SabiansScriptures & TextsGinza RabbaHaran GawaitaMandaean Book of JohnQolastaComments (0)No comments yet. 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