The term Mandaic or Mandaeism comes from Classical Mandaic Mandaiia and appears in Neo-Mandaic as Mandeyānā. On the basis of cognates in other Aramaic dialects, Semiticists such as Mark Lidzbarski and Rudolf

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According to the Mandaean text the Haran Gawaita, the NasoraeanMandaeans, who were disciples of John the Baptist, left Judea/Palestine and

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Mandaeism, as the religion of the Mandaean people, is based on a set of religious creeds and doctrines. The corpus of Mandaean literature is quite large, and covers topics such as eschatology, the knowledge of God, and the afterlife.
Principal beliefs

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The two most important ceremonies in Mandaean worship are baptism (Masbuta), and 'the ascent' (Masiqta- a mass for the dead or ascent of the soul ceremony). Unlike in Christianity,

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According to Edmondo Lupieri, as stated in his article in Encyclopædia Iranica, "The possible historical connection with John the Baptist, as seen in the newly translated Mandaean texts, convinced many (notably R. Bultmann) that it was possible, through the Mandaean traditions,

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Sabians
The Quran makes several references to the Sabians, who are identified with the Mandaeans. Sabians are counted among the Ahl al-Kitāb (

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There is a strict division between Mandaean laity and the priests. According to E. S. Drower (The Secret Adam, p. ix):
[T]hose amongst the

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