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The Left Ginza (Classical Mandaic: ࡂࡉࡍࡆࡀ ࡎࡌࡀࡋࡀ, romanized: Ginza Smala[1]) is one of the two parts of the Ginza Rabba, the longest and the most important holy scripture of Mandaeism. The other part of the Ginza Rabba is the Right Ginza.[2]
As of 2024, a critical edition that includes an annotated translation of the Left Ginza is being prepared by Bogdan Burtea and Christoph Markschies.[3][4]
Summaries of each book (or tractate), based mostly on Häberl (2007), are provided below.[5] Translated excerpts are from Gelbert (2011), which is mostly based on Lidzbarski (1925),[6] while Mandaic transliterations are derived from Gelbert (2011, 2021[7]).
Opening lines of each chapter are provided below, since Mandaeans often refer to Mandaic prayers by their opening lines.
- ^ Rudolph, Kurt (2012). "Mandaeans: ii. The Mandaean religion". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ^ Gelbert, Carlos (2011). Lofts, Mark J. (ed.). Ginza Rba. Sydney: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780958034630.
- ^ "Ginza – Die „Heilige Schrift" der Mandäer – Edition, Übersetzung und Kommentierung des Linken Ginza (ginza smala)". DFG (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ^ "Ginza – The „Holy Book" of the Mandaeans. Edition, translation, commentary of the Left Ginza (ginza smala)". DFG. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ^ Häberl, Charles G. (2007). Introduction to the New Edition, in The Great Treasure of the Mandaeans, a new edition of J. Heinrich Petermann's Thesaurus s. Liber Magni, with a new introduction and a translation of the original preface by Charles G. Häberl. Gorgias Press, LLC. doi:10.7282/T3C53J6P
- ^ Lidzbarski, Mark (1925). Ginza: Der Schatz oder Das große Buch der Mandäer. Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht.
- ^ Gelbert, Carlos (2021). گینزا ربَّا = Ginza Rba (in Arabic). Edensor Park, NSW, Australia: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780648795407.