Scripture of Mandaeism
The Ginza Rabba.
The Great Treasure: the last complete Gnostic scripture in continuous use, split into a Right Ginza for the living and a Left Ginza for the soul's road out.
LanguageMandaic Aramaic
Composedcompiled by the 7th century from older material
What it holdsThe Ginza Rabba — the Great Treasure: cosmology, prayers, the soul's ascent
How it is usedCopied by priestly scribes; read in rites of baptism and the dying
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held
The Ginza Rabba — the Great Treasure — is the principal scripture, in Mandaic, a dialect of Eastern Aramaic that is still the liturgical language and is spoken by a dwindling number of families. It is bound so that the Right Ginza (cosmology, theology, ethics for the living) and the Left Ginza (the soul's ascent, read at funerals) are read from opposite ends of the same volume, with one half upside down relative to the other.
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