Rafid al-Sabti explained

Honorific Prefix:Rbai
Rafid al-Sabti
Native Name:الربي رافد السبتي
Native Name Lang:ar
Citizenship:Dutch
Birth Date:1965
Birth Place:Iraq
Other Names:Shaykh Rāfid ibn Shaykh ʿAbdullah ibn Shaykh Najim;
Rāfid ʿAbdullah Najim (Rāfid ʻAbd Allāh Naǧm)[1]
Occupation:Mandaean priest
Parents:Rishamma Abdullah bar Negm
Children:Ardwan Al-Sabti
Relatives:Sheikh Negm bar Zahroon (grandfather)
Ram Zihrun (great-great-grandfather)
Religion:Mandaeism
Rabbi

Rbai Rafid al-Sabti, known in full as Rafid al-Rishama Abdallah al-Ganzibra Zahrun al-Rishama Abdallah al-Sabti (Arabic: رافد الريشاما عبدالله الگنزبرا نجم الگنزبرا زهرون الريشاما عبدالله السبتي كنيانا عزيز; born 1965, Iraq[2]), is an Iraqi-Dutch Mandaean priest in Nijmegen, Netherlands.[3]

Biography

Al-Sabti was born in 1965 to Rishama Abdullah, son of Sheikh Neǧm, in Baghdad, Iraq.[4] He was initiated into the Mandaean priesthood by his father.[5] Al-Sabti later emigrated to the Netherlands.

Al-Sabti is the custodian of the Rbai Rafid Collection (RRC), a private collection of Mandaean manuscripts held in Nijmegen, Netherlands.[6] Important manuscripts in the collection include different versions of the Ginza Rabba and a copy of the Alma Rišaia Zuṭa known as Ms. RRC 3F,[7] as well as a qulasta inscribed on lead plates.[8] The collection is being digitized and analyzed in collaboration with Matthew Morgenstern.[9] [10]

Publications

the ascension and the advancement (2004) / المسقثا - الصعود والارتقاء, [11]

Family

His son, Ardwan Al-Sabti, is a researcher and graphic designer known for creating Mandaic fonts.[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Abdullah. Thabit A.J.. The Mandaean Community and Ottoman-British Rivalry in Late 19th-Century Iraq: The Curious Case of Shaykh Ṣaḥan. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. Brill. 61. 3. 2018. 0022-4995. 26572309. 396–425. 10.1163/15685209-12341452 . 2023-07-05.
  2. Web site: Rabi Rafid Alsabti: Interview 2018, Part 1. Mandaean Museum. 2019-07-29. 2023-07-05.
  3. Web site: Tarmida Rafid Al-Sabti: Chapter 2. The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. 2018-03-01. 2023-07-05.
  4. Web site: Tarmida Rafid Al-Sabti: Chapter 1. The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. 2018-03-01. 2023-07-05.
  5. Book: Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen. The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Gorgias Press. Piscataway, N.J. 2010. 978-1-59333-621-9.
  6. The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba. Aldihisi. Sabah. 2008. PhD. University College London.
  7. Morgenstern. New readings and interpretations in the Mandaic priestly commentary Alma Rišaia Zuṭa (The Lesser 'First World'). Matthew. Matthew Morgenstern. 2018. Le Muséon. 131. 1–2. 1–19. 10.2143/MUS.131.1.3284833.
  8. Book: Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen. 1800 Years of Encounters with Mandaeans. 2023. Piscataway, NJ. Gorgias Press. Gorgias Mandaean Studies. 5. 1935-441X. 978-1-4632-4132-2.
  9. Web site: Morgenstern . Matthew . The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon . Mandaic texts . 2024-07-27.
  10. Morgenstern, Matthew. New Manuscript Sources for the Study of Mandaic. In: V. Golinets et. al (eds.), Neue Beiträge zur Semitistik. Sechstes Treffen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Semitistik in der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft vom 09.–11. Februar 2013 in Heidelberg. AOAT, Ugarit Verlag.
  11. Book: Al-Sabtī, Rāfid ʿAbd Allāh Naǧm. Masiqt̲ā : al-suʻūd wa-al-irtiqāʼ. Nijmegen. 2004. 978-90-90-18165-3. 319811837. ar.
  12. Book: Al-Sabtī, Rāfid ʻAbd Allāh Naǧm. The treasure of life : the holy book of the Mandaeans : written in the original Mandaic tongue. RRC. Nijmegen. 2022. 978-90-90-36005-8. 1351435847. arc.
  13. Web site: Ardwan Al-Sabti. 2023-07-05.

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