''Alma Rišaia'' or ''Diwan Alma Rišaia'' ("The Supreme World" or "The First World") is a series of
Mandaean religious texts that serve as esoteric priestly ritual commentaries. The texts make copious references to prayers in the
Qolasta by quoting the opening lines of each prayer.
Texts
There are two texts that complement each other in the ''Alma Rišaia'' series:
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Alma Rišaia Rba
The '' Alma Rišaia Rba'' or ''Diwan Alma Rišaia Rabbā'' ( myz, ࡀࡋࡌࡀ ࡓࡉࡔࡀࡉࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ, "The Great Supreme World" or "The Great First World") is a Mandaean religious text. The text is used for Mandaean priestly initiation cer ...
'', or "The Great(er) Supreme World"
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Alma Rišaia Zuṭa
The ''Alma Rišaia Zuṭa'' ( myz, ࡀࡋࡌࡀ ࡓࡉࡔࡀࡉࡀ ࡆࡅࡈࡀ, "The Smaller Supreme World" or "The Smaller First World") is a Mandaean religious text. The text is used for Mandaean priestly initiation ceremonies. It is written a ...
'', or "The Smaller Supreme World"
English translations of the two texts were published by
E. S. Drower
Ethel Stefana Drower ( Stevens; full name: Ethel May Stefana Drower; 1 December 1879 – 27 January 1972) was a British cultural anthropologist, orientalist and novelist who studied the Middle East and its cultures.Christa Müller-Kessler, Drowe ...
in 1963. Drower based the translations on manuscripts 41 and 48 of the
Drower Collection (abbreviated DC 41 and DC 48).
[Drower, E. S. 1963. ]
A Pair of Naṣoraean Commentaries: Two Priestly Documents, the Great First World and the Lesser First World
'. Leiden: Brill.
References
External links
Full textat
Archive.orgAlma Rishaia Rba(Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)
(Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)
(Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)
(Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)
Mandaean texts
Series of books
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