Scroll of the Great Baptism explained

Scroll of the Great Baptism Šarḥ ḏ-Maṣbuta Rabtia
Religion:	Mandaeism
Language:	Mandaic language

The Scroll of the Great Baptism (ࡔࡀࡓࡇ ࡖࡌࡀࡑࡁࡅࡕࡀ ࡓࡀࡁࡕࡉࡀ‎ ^[1]) is a Mandaean religious text. It is a ritual scroll describing the 360 baptisms (masbutas) for a polluted priest. The scroll is also called "Fifty Baptisms" and the Raza Rba ḏ-Zihrun (ࡓࡀࡆࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ ࡖࡆࡉࡄࡓࡅࡍ|lit=Great Mystery of [[Zihrun]]).^[2]

Manuscripts

Manuscript 50 of the Drower Collection (abbreviated DC 50) is a copy of the Scroll of the Great Baptism. It was copied in 1867 by Yahya Bihram and has 962 lines.^[2] Güterbock (2008) contains an analysis of the manuscript.^[3]

MS RRC 1C is the most complete manuscript. The manuscript was copied at Shushtar in 1074 A.H. (1663-4 A.D.) by Yahia Yuhana br Rbai Zihrun Adam.^{[4] [5]}

See also

• Scroll of the Parwanaya

Notes and References

1. Drower, E. S. 1960. The Secret Adam: A Study of Nasoraean Gnosis. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
2. Book: Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen. The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Gorgias Press. Piscataway, N.J. 2010. 978-1-59333-621-9.
3. Book: Güterbock, Michael. Vorläufige Bemerkungen zu einer Ausgabe der mandäischen Rituale in der Drower Collection 50. Und das Leben ist siegreich!: mandäische und samaritanische Literatur: im Gedenken an Rudolf Macuch (1919-1993) = And life is victorious: Mandaean and Samaritan literatures: in memory of Rudolf Macuch. Harrassowitz. Wiesbaden. 2008. 978-3-447-05178-1. 310616930. de.
4. Web site: Morgenstern . Matthew . . Šarḥ Maṣbuta Rbtia . 2024-07-27.
5. Morgenstern, Matthew (2019). "Neo-Mandaic in Early Mandaean Colophons Part 2: Texts, Translations and Conclusion". Aramaic Studies 17, pp. 107–110.