The ''Diwan ḏ-Qadaha Rba Šuma ḏ-Mara ḏ-Rabuta u-Dmut Kušṭa'' ( myz, ࡃࡉࡅࡀࡍ ࡖࡒࡀࡃࡀࡄࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ ࡔࡅࡌࡀ ࡖࡌࡀࡓࡀ ࡖࡓࡀࡁࡅࡕࡀ ࡅࡃࡌࡅࡕ ࡊࡅࡔࡈࡀ; "The Scroll of the Great Prayer, the Name of the Lord of Greatness and the Image of Truth"), or simply the ''
Dmut Kušṭa
In Mandaeism, kushta or kušṭa ( myz, ࡊࡅࡔࡈࡀ, lit=truth) can have several meanings. Its original literal meaning is "truth" in the Mandaic language, and is thus typically used to refer to the Mandaean religious concept of truth. The sa ...
'' (or ''Dmuth Kushta''), is a
Mandaean
Mandaeans ( ar, المندائيون ), also known as Mandaean Sabians ( ) or simply as Sabians ( ), are an ethnoreligious group who are followers of Mandaeism. They believe that John the Baptist was the final and most important prophet. They ...
religious text. It is written as an illustrated scroll. No published translation of the text currently exists.
Manuscripts
The
Bodleian Library
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at
Oxford University
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holds a manuscript of the text, catalogued as Ms. Asiat. Misc. C 12. The scroll was copied by Yahia Ram Zihrun, son of Mhatam in 1818 in
Qurna. It was acquired by
E. S. Drower in 1954.
In 1969,
Kurt Rudolph
Kurt Rudolph (3 April 1929
University of Leipzig
had also seen a copy of the text at a private library in
Dora, Baghdad
Dora (also al-Dura, or ad-Durah, ar, الدورة) is a neighborhood in Al Rashid administrative district, southern Baghdad, Iraq. Before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, it was home to the city's largest concentration of Christian Assyrians, as well ...
.
A digitized Mandaic version of the ''Dmut Kušṭa'' in
typesetted Mandaic script
The Mandaic alphabet is thought to have evolved between the 2nd and 7th century CE from either a cursive form of Aramaic (as did Syriac) or from the Parthian chancery script. The exact roots of the script are difficult to determine.
It was deve ...
has been published online by Majid Fandi al-Mubaraki, a Mandaean living in Australia.
Diwan Dmuth Kushta
''Mandaean Network''. Accessed 2021-11-04.
References
Bibliography
*Nasoraia, Brikha (2022). ''A Critical Edition, with Translation and Analytical Study of Diwan Qadaha Rba D-Dmuth Kusta (The Scroll of Great Creation of the Image/Likeness of Truth)'' (forthcoming). Belgium: Brepols Publishers.
*Nasoraia, Brikha (2022). ''The Esoteric and Mystical Concepts of the Mandaean Nasoraean Illustrated Scroll: Diwan Qadaha Rba D-dmuth Kusta (the Scroll of the Great Creation of the Image/likeness of Truth)'' (forthcoming). Belgium: Brepols Publishers.
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*Nasoraia, Brikha (2010). ''The Esoteric and Mystical Concepts of the Mandaean Nasoraean Illustrated Scroll: Diwan Qadaha Rba D-dmuth Kusta (the Scroll of the Great Creation of the Image/likeness of Truth)''. Sydney, Australia: University of Sydney.
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External links
(Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)
(Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)
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