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This article contains a '''list of Mandaean scriptures''' ([[Unsolved:Mandaeism|Mandaean]] religious texts written in Classical Mandaic). Well-known texts include the ''[[Religion:Ginza Rabba|Ginza Rabba]]'' (also known as the ''Sidra Rabbā'') and the ''Qolastā''. Texts for Mandaean priests include ''The 1012 Questions'', among others. Some, like the ''[[Religion:Ginza Rabba|Ginza Rabba]]'', are codices (bound books), while others, such as the various ''diwan'' (illustrated scrolls) are scrolls.<ref name="Buckley 2002">{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Jorunn Jacobsen|title=The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people|publisher=Oxford University Press|publication-place=New York|year=2002|isbn=0-19-515385-5|oclc=65198443}}</ref>

This list is by no means exhaustive. Institutional libraries and private collections contain various Mandaean religious texts that are little-known or even unknown to the international scholarly community.<ref name="Buckley2010"/>

== Types ==
Mandaean religious texts can be written in book or codex form (''draša'' or ''sidra'') or as scrolls (''diwan'', ''šafta'', or ''šarḥ'') that are often illustrated. Some scrolls are talismans (''zrazta''), amulets (''qmaha''), or exorcisms (''pašar'' or ''pišra''), while others consist of prayers such as ''rahma'' (devotions), ''ʿniania'' ("responses"), and ''rušuma'' ("signing" prayers). Many scrolls contain symbolic descriptions of rituals, such as various types of ''[[Religion:Masiqta|masiqta]]'' and ''[[Religion:Masbuta|masbuta]]'' rituals. Mandaean texts typically have colophons giving detailed information about the scribes who had transcribed them, as well as dates, lineages, and other historical information.<ref name="Buckley2010"/>

Drower (1953) recognizes six main groups of Mandaean literature.<ref name="Drower 1953"/>
#esoteric texts, exclusively for priests
#ritual texts, exclusively for priests
#hymns, psalms, and prayers
#hortatory and general texts
#astrological texts
#magical writings

== History ==
Little is known about the redactors or authors of the texts. The contents date to both pre-Islamic and Islamic periods. The oldest Mandaean magical text is dated to the 4th and 5th centuries CE.

The most important translations of Mandaean scriptures include those by Mark Lidzbarski, E. S. Drower, James F. McGrath, Charles G. Häberl, and Bogdan Burtea.

== Main scriptures ==
* [[Religion:Ginza Rabba|Ginza Rabba]] (''The Great Treasure'', also known as ''The Book of Adam'') (DC 22)
* Qolastā (''canonical prayer book'') (DC 53)
* Drašâ d-Jōhânā (''[[Religion:Mandaean Book of John|Mandaean Book of John]]'', also known as ''The Book of Kings'')
* Diwan Abathur (''Scroll of Abatur'') (DC 8)
* Harran Gawaitha (''Scroll of Great Revelation'') (DC 9, 36)
* Sidra d-Nišmata (''Book of Souls'')
* {{ill|Niania (book)|lt=Niania|fa|کتاب انیانی}} (''The Responses'')
* Diwan Maṣbuta d-Hibil Ziwa (''[[Religion:The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa|The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa]]'') (DC 35)
* Alf trisar šuialia (''The 1012 Questions'') (DC 36 [complete, with all 7 books], DC 6 [incomplete])
* Šarh d-qabin d-Šišlam Rabbā (''[[Religion:The Wedding of the Great Šišlam|The Wedding of the Great Šišlam]]'') (DC 38)<ref name="DC38"/>
* Šarh d-Traṣa d-Taga d-Šišlam Rabbā (''[[Religion:The Coronation of the Great Šišlam|The Coronation of the Great Šišlam]]'' – A ritual for the ordination of the Mandaean clergy)
* Asfar Malwāšē (''The Book of the Zodiac'') (DC 31)
* Diwan Malkuta ʿLaita (''[[Religion:Scroll of Exalted Kingship|Scroll of Exalted Kingship]]'') (DC 34)

== Various manuscripts == 
* Tafsir Pagra (''[[Religion:Tafsir|Tafsir]] of the Body'')
* Diwan d-Nahrauta (''Scroll of the Rivers'', a description of the Šum-Kušṭa world)
* Šarh Traša d-Mandi
* The mass (''[[Religion:Masiqta|masiqta]]'') of Šitil, Ṭabahata ["Fathers"] and Dukrania ["the dead"]
* Diwan Qadaha Rabbā (''Scroll of the Great Lord'')
* Šarh d-Ptaha d-Bimanda
* Šarh d-Masiqta Dakia (''The Oil Sacrament'')
* Šarh d-Zidqa Brikha
* Šafta d-Masihfan Rabbā (''The Scroll of the Great Overthrower'') (DC 37)
* Šarh d-Maṣbuta Rabtia d-Tlaima Usitin Maṣbutiata
* Niania d-Maṣbuta (''[[Religion:Masbuta|Masbuta]] Hymnbook'')
* Šums d-Mara d-Rabuta
* Diwan Razii d-Bhathia (Diuan u-tafsir d-razia d-abahata, or "Scroll and [[Religion:Tafsir|tafsir]] of the secrets of the ancestors", Ms Asiat. Misc. C 13 (R)). The texts lists the names Barmeil, Bihdad, Bihram, Šišlam, Šišlameil, Manhareil, Nureil, Zihrun, Sahqeil, Haiil, and Reil.<ref name="Burtea 2012">{{cite book|last=Burtea|first=Bogdan|title=Die Geheimnisse Der Vorvater Edition, Ubersetzung Und Kommentierung Einer Esoterischen Mandaischen Handschrift Aus Der Bodleian Library Oxford|publisher=Harrassowitz|publication-place=Wiesbaden|year=2012|isbn=978-3-447-06466-8|oclc=940934456|language=de|url=https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/%26Die_Geheimnisse_der_Vorv%C3%A4ter%26/titel_1111.ahtml}}</ref>
* Diwan u-Dmuth Kušṭa
* Diwan Tasfir Owaljē
* Diwan Alma Rišaia Rabbā (''The Great Supreme World'') (DC 41)
* Diwan Alma Rišaia Zuṭa (''The Smaller Supreme World'') (DC 48)
* Bšumaihun d-hiia rbia (''In the Name of the Great Life'')
* Zarazti (i.e., various Zrazta [plural])
* Bišrati
* various Qmahas
** Qmaha d-Hibil Ziwa (''Qmaha of Hibil Ziwa'')
** Qmaha Šafta d-Dahlulia (DC 20)
* various [[Religion:Masiqta|Masiqta]] texts
* Impurity and Healing (Mandaean?)
* Burial, Postulancy and Priesthood (Mandaean?)
* Commentary on the First Baptism of the Neophytes (Mandaean?)
* Šafta d-mihla (''The Scroll of Salt'') (Bodleian Library MS. DC 40)
* Šarh d-Parwānājē, or Panšā (''The [[Religion:Scroll of the Parwanaya|Scroll of the Parwanaya]]'') (Bodleian Library MS. DC 24<ref name="DC24">{{cite book|last=Burtea|first=Bogdan|title=Das mandäische Fest der Schalttage: Edition, Übersetzung und Kommentierung der Handschrift (DC 24, Šarh ḏ-paruanaiia)|publisher=Harrassowitz|publication-place=Wiesbaden|year=2005|isbn=978-3-447-05179-8|oclc=62273841|language=de|url=https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Das_mand%C3%A4ische_Fest_der_Schalttage/titel_1320.ahtml}}</ref>): The Parwanaya Festival. The manuscript is complete at the beginning and in the middle.
* Šarh d-Ṭabahata (Bodleian Library MS. DC 42)
* Šarh d-Zihrun-Raza-Kasia (Bodleian Library MS. DC 27)<ref name="DC27">{{cite book|last=Burtea|first=Bogdan|title=Zihrun, das verborgene Geheimnis|publisher=Harrassowitz|publication-place=Wiesbaden|year=2008|isbn=978-3-447-05644-1|oclc=221130512|language=de|url=https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/%26Zihrun_das_verborgene_Geheimnis%26/titel_115.ahtml}}</ref>
* Codex Petermann I, 155; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
* Leiden texts; formerly held in Amsterdam

;Bodleian Library manuscripts (excluding the Drower Collection)
* Oxford Scroll G; Bodleian Library. Two texts for repelling evil spirits.
* Codex Marsh. 691 (Oxford); Bodleian Library. Prayers, unpublished.
* Hunt. 6 ([[Religion:Ginza Rabba|Ginza]]), unpublished.
* Hunt. 71 ([[Religion:Mandaean Book of John|JB]]) (see Lidzbarski, ''Johannesbuch'', Ms. D.).
* Ms. Asiat. Misc. C 12: ''Diwan ḏ-Qadaha Rba Šuma ḏ-Mara ḏ-Rabuta u-Dmut Kušṭa'' or simply ''Dmut Kušṭa'' ("The Scroll of the Great Prayer, the Name of the Lord of Greatness and the Image of Truth"), unpublished.
* Ms. Asiat. Misc. C 13: ''Diwan Razia ḏ-Abahata'' ("The Scroll [of] the Secrets of the Parents"), unpublished.
* Ms. Syr. E 15 (a small prayerbook, 151 folios).
* Ms. Syr. E 18 (prayers), unpublished.
* Ms. Syr. F 2 (R) (Mandaean liturgies) (see Lidzbarski, ''Mandäische Liturgien'').
* Ms. Syr. G 2 (R): ''Qaština'' ("The Archer") and ''Šambra'' ("The Rue").

;British Library manuscripts
* Add. 23,599, Add. 23,600, and Add. 23,601: three [[Religion:Ginza Rabba|Ginzas]]. They were donated to the British Library in April 1860 by the widow of Colonel J. E. Taylor, the British Vice-Consul at Baghdad.
* Add. 23,602A, ''Kholasta sive liturgica Sabiorum Libri Joannis Fragmenta Mendaice'' ("scrapbook of Mandaean manuscript fragments"). 101 pages.
* OR 6592 (Lidzbarski's "Roll A" or "London Scroll A"), marriage liturgy text called ''Šarh ḏ-Traṣa ḏ-Taga ḏ-Šišlam Rabbā''.
* OR 6593 (Lidzbarski's "Roll B" or "London Scroll B"), apotropaic contents. The two rolls A and B (i.e., OR 6592 and OR 6593) are in one container. Both date from 1869, with the first one from Muhammerah and the second one from [[Place:Al-Qurnah|Qurna]].
* Small lead plates; British Museum

;Bibliothèque nationale de France Code Sabéen manuscripts
* Code Sabéen 8; Bibliothèque nationale de France
* Code Sabéen 15; Bibliothèque nationale de France (Mark Lidzbarski's F manuscript). This manuscript is a partial copy of the ''The Marriage of the Great Šišlam'' (''Šarh ḏ-Qabin ḏ-Šišlam Rba'').
* Code Sabéen 16 (or the Paris Diwan); Bibliothèque nationale de France
* Code Sabéen 24 and 27; Bibliothèque nationale de France. Texts about magical amulets.
* Code Sabéen 25; Bibliothèque nationale de France (Mark Lidzbarski's E manuscript). This manuscript is a copy of the ''The Book of the Zodiac'' (''Asfar Malwāšē''), and also a partial copy of the ''The Marriage of the Great Šišlam'' (''Šarh ḏ-Qabin ḏ-Šišlam Rba''). However, it contains a longer appendix of more recent date.

Buckley has also found ''Ginza'' manuscripts that are privately held by Mandaeans in the United States (two in San Diego, California; one in Flushing, New York; and one in Lake Grove, New York).<ref name="Buckley2010"/>

== Drower Collection ==
The Drower Collection (DC), held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford University, is the most extensive collection of Mandaean manuscripts. The collection consists of 55 Mandaean manuscripts collected by E. S. Drower. Drower has published some of the smaller texts in journal articles, while other larger texts have been published as monographs. Many texts remain unpublished.<ref name="Buckley 2002">{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Jorunn Jacobsen|title=The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people|publisher=Oxford University Press|publication-place=New York|year=2002|isbn=0-19-515385-5|oclc=65198443}}</ref>

Drower donated MSS. Drower 1-53 to the Bodleian Library in 1958. MS. Drower 54 (''[[Religion:The Coronation of the Great Šišlam|The Coronation of the Great Šišlam]]'') was given to the library by Lady Drower in 1961, and MS. Drower 55 (Drower's personal notebook) was added in 1986.<ref name="Archives Hub">[https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/7e0b27da-329f-3ac3-9664-7c70398be5c1 Mandaean manuscripts given by Lady Ethel May Stefana Drower]. Archives Hub.</ref> DC 1-5, 22, 30, 31, 38, 45, and 53 are codices, with the rest of the DC manuscripts being scrolls.<ref name="Buckley2010"/>

A list of manuscripts in the Drower Collection, based on primarily on Buckley (2010),<ref name="Buckley2010">{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Jorunn|title=The great stem of souls : reconstructing Mandaean history|publisher=Gorgias Press|publication-place=Piscataway, N.J|year=2010|isbn=978-1-59333-621-9}}</ref> as well as Drower (1937)<ref>Drower, Ethel Stefana. 1937. ''The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran''. Oxford At The Clarendon Press.</ref> and other sources, is given below. The manuscripts are abbreviated DC.

*'''DC 1''' – prayerbook (codex) containing prayers for rituals such as minor ablutions (''rahmia'' and ''lofania'').<ref name="Drower 1953"/> 238 pp.
*'''DC 2''' – prayerbook (codex)<ref name="Drower 1953"/> called the ''Sidra ḏ-Nišmata'' ("Book of the Soul") that was copied by Shaikh Nejm (or Negm) for Drower in 1933. 155 pp. Jacques de Morgan had also acquired a copy of the ''Book of Souls'' during his travels to Iran from 1889-1891.<ref name="Buckley2010"/>
*'''DC 3''' – codex of prayer fragments, such as prayers for minor ablutions, the ''rahmia'' (devotions), ''qulasta'', ''[[Religion:Masiqta|masiqta]]'', ''zidqa brikha'' (blessed oblations), and myrtle and banner (''drabša'') hymns.
*'''DC 4''' – codex consisting of a Mandaic-English glossary compiled by Shaikh Nejm for Drower, with the help of an English-speaking Mandaean.
*'''DC 5''' – prayerbook (codex).<ref name="Drower 1953"/> Known as the "Prayers of Yahya." Copied by Hirmiz bar Anhar.
*'''DC 6''' – Alf Trisar Šiala ("'''1012 Questions'''", incomplete version<ref name="Drower 1953"/>). Contains parts 3-7 (out of 7 parts total) of the ''1012 Questions''. One part is known as the Tafsir Pagra. 12 inch-wide scroll with 1652 lines. Copied by Adam Zihrun, son of Bihram Šitlan, of the Ša‛puria clan in Shushtar in 1557.
*'''DC 7''' – '''Diwan Nahrwata''' ("The Scroll of the Rivers"). The illustrated scroll is a geographical treatise.<ref name="Buckley 2002"/> Kurt Rudolph published a German translation in 1982, based on a [[Place:Baghdad|Baghdad]] copy originally from [[Place:Ahvaz|Ahvaz]].<ref>Rudolph, Kurt. ''Der Mandäische ‘Diwan der Flüsse.’'' Berlin: Abhandlungen der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, philosophisch-historische Klasse, vol. 70, no. 1, 1982.</ref> About 3300 words. Copied by Ram Zihrun, son of Sam Bihram, Kupašia in Shushtar in 1259 A.H. (1843 A.D.).
*'''DC 8''' – '''[[Religion:Diwan Abatur|Diwan Abatur]]'''. A scroll wrapped in linen cloth that is 48 feet long and 1 foot wide. Copied by Ram Yuhana, son of Ram, Dihdaria and Sabur clans.
*'''DC 9''' – '''[[Religion:Haran Gawaita|Haran Gawaita]]'''. Copied by Ram Zihrun, son of Sam Bihram, Kupašia in Margab, Iran in 1276 A.H. (1859 A.D.).
*'''DC 10''' – Pišra ḏ-Šambra<ref name="Yamauchi 1967">Yamauchi, Edwin M. (1967). ''Mandaic Incantation Texts''. New Haven: American Oriental Society.</ref> (love charm magic scroll). A ''qmaha'' that is an invocation to Libat (Venus). Translated and published in ''JRAS'' (1939).
*'''DC 11''' – ''zrazta'' (talisman). Illustrated scroll with 183 lines.
*'''DC 12''' – Pašar Haršia ("The Exorcism of Wizards" / "The Loosing of Spells"). A ''qmaha'' that is an exorcism of witches and wizards. Purchased by Drower from Shaikh Abdallah in [[Place:Ahvaz|Ahvaz]] in 1933. Dates to 1196 A.H. / 1782 C.E. Transcribed by Adam Yuhana, son of Sam, Kamisia clan at Šaka by the Karka River.
*'''DC 13''' – ''zrazta'' of Hibil Ziwa. Also called "Roll C." Part of the ''Zrazta d Hibil Ziwa'' (DC 44). Purchased by Drower from Shaikh Kumait in 1933.
*'''DC 14''' – ''zrazta'' or magical / "protective" text.<ref name="Drower 1953"/> Part of the ''Zrazta d Hibil Ziwa'' (DC 44). Purchased by Drower from Shaikh Kumait. 185 lines.
*'''DC 15''' – ''zrazta'' of the Great [[Unsolved:Ptahil|Ptahil]] (Zrazta ḏ-Ptahil Rba).<ref name="Drower 1953"/> A very long scroll purchased by Drower from Shaikh Nejm, Qala‛t Saleh in April 1933. Also called "Roll E."
*'''DC 16''' – Exorcism scroll. Also called "Roll F." 101 lines. Purchased by Drower in 1933.
*'''DC 17''' – Šalhafta ḏ-Mahra. A small 2.5-inch wide exorcism scroll also called "Roll G."
*'''DC 18''' – Zrazta ḏ-Šuba Šibiahia ("The Talisman of the Seven Planets"). There is a section for each of the seven planets. Copied by Shaikh Faraj for Drower in Baghdad in 1935.
*'''DC 19''' – Šalhafta ḏ-Mahra ("The Exorcism of Illness"), consisting of two texts.<ref name="Yamauchi 1967"/>
*'''DC 20''' – Šafta ḏ-Dahlulia ("The Scroll of, i.e. against Evil Spirits"). Illustrated scroll copied for Drower in Baghdad in 1935. Dates to 1250 A.H. 236 lines. Translation by Bogdan Burtea.
*'''DC 21''' – Šafta ḏ-Pišra ḏ-Ainia ("Exorcism of the Evil and Diseased Eyes").<ref name="Yamauchi 1967"/> Copied by Shaikh Faraj for Drower in December 1935. 803 lines. Published in by Drower ''JRAS'' No. 3 (Jul. 1939).<ref name="DC21">{{cite journal|last=Drower|first=E. S.|title=S̲h̲afta d̲ Pis̲h̲ra d̲ Ainia|journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|publisher=Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|issue=4|year=1937|issn=0035869X|jstor=25201592|pages=589–611|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/25201592}}</ref>
*'''DC 22''' – '''[[Religion:Ginza Rba|Ginza Rba]]''' codex. Purchased by Drower from Shaikh Nejm in 1936. Transcribed in 1931 by Ram Zihrun, son of Sam Bihram, Kupašia. Ram Zihrun copied the ''Right Ginza'' in [[Place:Al-Qurnah|Qurna]], and the ''Left Ginza'' in [[Place:Basra|Basra]].
*'''DC 23''' – Pašar Sumqa / Pašar Smaq ("The Exorcism of Fever").<ref name="Yamauchi 1967"/> Purchased by Drower from Shaikh Nejm in 1936. 777 lines.
*'''DC 24''' – Šarḥ ḏ-Parwanaia, or Panšā ("'''The [[Religion:Scroll of the Parwanaya|Scroll of the Parwanaya]]'''").<ref name="Buckley 2002"/> German translation and commentary by Burtea (2008).<ref name="DC24"/> Used for rituals such as the consecration of the cult-hut, the dove (''ba'') sacrifice, ''zidqa brikha'', the myrtle ritual, etc.
*'''DC 25''' – a ''qmaha'' scroll. Purchased by Drower from Hirmiz bar Anhar in Baghdad in 1936.
*'''DC 26''' – two talismans (''qmahas''). Published by Drower in ''Iraq'' 5 (1938): 31–54.<ref name="Buckley 2002"/> Consists of two texts: ''Bit Mišqal Ainia'' and ''Riš Tus Tanina''. Copied by Shaikh Faraj for Drower in December 1936. ''Bit Mišqal Ainia'' (''Qmaha ḏ-Bit mišqal ainia''), a different version of DC 28, was published in Drower (1938).<ref name="DC 26 28">{{cite journal|last=Drower|first=E. S.|title=A Mandaean Phylactery (Qmaha ḏ Bit mišqal ainia)|journal=Iraq|publisher=British Institute for the Study of Iraq|volume=5|year=1938|issn=00210889|jstor=4241620|pages=31–54|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/4241620}}</ref>
*'''DC 27''' – '''Šarḥ ḏ-Zihrun-Raza-Kasia''' / Masiqta Zihrun Raza Kasia ("The [[Religion:Masiqta|Masiqta]] of Zihrun, the Hidden Mystery").<ref name="Buckley 2002"/> The text covers the [[Religion:Masbuta|masbuta]] (in lines 23-190) and [[Religion:Masiqta|masiqta]] (in lines 232-523) of Zihrun Raza Kasia. German translation and commentary by Burtea (2008).<ref name="DC27"/> An illustrated scroll purchased by Drower from Shaikh Yahia, Qal’at Salih in May 1937. 559 lines.
*'''DC 28''' – Pišra ḏ-Bit Mišqal Ainia (The Exorcism of "I Sought to Lift My Eyes"),<ref name="Buckley 2002"/> a ''qmaha'' text. Purchased by Drower from Shaikh Nejm in June 1937. Published in Drower (1938).<ref name="DC 26 28"/>
*'''DC 29''' – Pišra ḏ-Ainia / Pašar Ainia ("Exorcism of the Evil Eye"). Purchased by Drower from Shaikhs Nejm and Yahia in November 1937.
*'''DC 30''' – Draša ḏ-Yahia ("Teaching of Yahia" or '''[[Religion:Mandaean Book of John|Mandaean Book of John]]''') (codex).<ref name="Drower 1953"/> Purchased by Drower from Shaikhs Nejm and Yahia in November 1937. Dates to 1166 A.H. (c. 1753 A.D.). Copied in Shushtar by Ram Yuhana, son of Ram, Dihdaria.
*'''DC 31''' – '''[[Unsolved:Book of the Zodiac|Book of the Zodiac]]''' (codex). Purchased by Drower from Shaikhs Nejm and Yahia in November 1937. Dates to 1247 A.H. (c. 1812 A.D.).
*'''DC 32''' – The ''qmahia'' of Nirigh, Sira, and Libat ("exorcism of Mars, Moon, and Venus"). Love talisman scroll. Purchased by Drower from Shaikh Nejm in 1938.
*'''DC 33''' – Three ''qmahia'' (exorcism scrolls): ''Šuba lbišna'', ''‛Sirna hthimna'', and ''Yawar Ziwa nišimtai''. Purchased by Drower at Litlata in April 1938. Published in ''JRAS'' (Oct. 1937).<ref name="DC33">{{cite journal|last=Drower|first=E. S.|title=Three Mandaean Phylacteries|journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|publisher=Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|issue=3|year=1939|issn=0035869X|jstor=25201939|pages=397–406|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/25201939}}</ref>
*'''DC 34''' – '''[[Religion:Scroll of Exalted Kingship|Scroll of Exalted Kingship]]''' / Diwan Malkuta 'laita. Illustrated scroll purchased by Drower from Shaikh Nejm in April 1939. 1353 lines.
*'''DC 35''' – Diwan Maṣbuta ḏ-Hibil Ziwa ("'''[[Religion:The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa|The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa]]'''").<ref>Drower, Ethel S. (1953). ''The Haran Gawaita and The Baptism of Hibil-Ziwa: The Mandaic text reproduced together with translation, notes and commentary''. Vatican City: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.</ref> Bought in Persia through Shaikh Nejm on April 29, 1939. Dates to 1247 A.H. (c. 1750 A.D.).
*'''DC 36''' – '''[[Religion:Haran Gawaita|Haran Gawaita]]''' and '''1012 Questions''' (complete version with all 7 books).<ref name="Drower 1953"/> A long scroll that is 12 inches wide and 626 inches (17 yards, 14 inches) long.
*'''DC 37''' – Šafta ḏ-Masihfan Rba ("The Scroll of the Great Overthrower").<ref name="Buckley 2002"/> Copied by Yahia Bihram, son of Adam Yuhana, in Suq eš-Šuyuk in 1861. 633 lines.
*'''DC 38''' – Šarḥ ḏ-qabin ḏ-Šišlam Rba ("'''The Marriage Ceremony of the Great Šišlam'''").<ref name="DC38">Drower, E. S. 1950. ''[https://archive.org/details/sarhdqabindsisla0000unse Šarḥ ḏ qabin ḏ šišlam rba (D. C. 38). Explanatory Commentary on the Marriage Ceremony of the great Šišlam]''. Rome: Ponteficio Istituto Biblico. (text transliterated and translated)</ref> A scroll that Drower had purchased from Shaikh Nejm in April 1939, along with DC 36, 37, and 39.
*'''DC 39''' – Šafta ḏ-Qaština ("The Scroll of 'I Shoot'"),<ref name="Yamauchi 1967"/> a ''qmaha'' that Drower had purchased from Shaikh Nejm in April 1939. Transcribed in 1802.
*'''DC 40''' – Šafta ḏ-mihla ("The Scroll of Salt") or ''Pašra mihla'' ("The Excorcism of Salt"). An exorcism scroll that uses personified salt to exorcise illnesses and evil spirits. Purchased by Drower from Shaikh Nejm in May 1939.
*'''DC 41''' – '''Alma Rišaia Rba''' ("The Great Supreme World").<ref name="Drower 1953">{{cite journal|last=Drower|first=E. S.|title=A Mandæan Bibliography|journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|publisher=Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|issue=1/2|year=1953|issn=0035869X|jstor=25222608|pages=34–39|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/25222608|access-date=2021-10-16}}</ref> English translation and commentary by Drower (1963).<ref name="pair">Drower, E. S. 1963. ''[https://archive.org/details/pairofnaoraeanco0000unse A Pair of Naṣoraean Commentaries: Two Priestly Documents, the Great First World and the Lesser First World]''. Leiden: Brill.</ref> An illustrated scroll about 545 lines long, dating to 1220 A.H. Bought by Drower from Shaikh Nejm from Iraq in the autumn of 1939.
*'''DC 42''' -''' Šarḥ ḏ-Ṭabahata''' ("The Scroll of Ṭabahata" [Parents]).<ref name="Buckley 2002"/> Used for Parwanaya rituals. Transcribed in 1743 and has 834 lines.
*'''DC 43''' – The Poor Priest’s Treasury,<ref name="Buckley 2002"/> a scroll consisting of ''qmahas'' used for exorcism and magic. The contents are: Qmaha ḏ-ṣir Sahria; Qmaha ḏ-Shaiul; the three related texts Shuba libishna, ‛sirna bthimna, and Yawar Ziwa (see DC 33); Shalhafta ḏ-Mahria (see DC 19); Qmaha ḏ-Dahlulia (see DC 20); Qmaha ḏ-Gastata; Qmaha ḏ-Br Ingaria; Qmaha ḏ-Yurba; Qmaha ḏ-Suba; Qmaha ḏ-Qastina (of DC 39 and copy in Bodleian). Purchased by Drower from Shaikh Nejm in 1939 and dates to 1270 A.H.
*'''DC 44''' – Zrazta ḏ-Hibil Ziwa ("The Protection of Hibil Ziwa").<ref name="Yamauchi 1967"/> The longest talisman in the Drower Collection. Purchased by Drower from Shaikh Nejm in 1939 and dates to 1209 A.H. Transcribed in [[Place:Al-Qurnah|Qurna]] in 1794 by Sam Bihram, son of Yahia Yuhana, Dihdaria, who also transcribed DC 34. 2140 lines with 2 colophons.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Tania|last=Notarius|title=The Mandaic Magic Scroll Zarazta ḏ-Hibil Ziua: A Possible Scenario of Literary Evolution|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society|publisher=American Oriental Society|volume=136|issue=4|year=2016|issn=0003-0279|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7817/jameroriesoci.136.4.0745|doi=10.7817/jameroriesoci.136.4.0745|page=745}}</ref> The text was first made known to the international scholarly community by Jacques de Morgan (1905),<ref>de Morgan, J. 1905. ''Mission scientifique en Perse'', vol. 5. Paris: E. Leroux.</ref> based on a ''qmaha'' scroll that de Morgan had purchased during his travels to Iran from 1889-1891.<ref name="Buckley2010"/>
*'''DC 45''' – Haršia Bišia<ref name="Drower 1953"/> ("A Mandaean Book of Black Magic"<ref name="Yamauchi 1967"/>). Partially published in journal articles.<ref name="DC 45-46">{{cite journal|last=Drower|first=E. S.|title=A Mandæan Book of Black Magic|journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|publisher=Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|issue=2|year=1943|issn=0035869X|jstor=25221916|pages=149–181|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/25221916}}</ref>
*'''DC 46''' – Haršia Bišia<ref name="Drower 1953"/> ("A Mandaean Book of Black Magic"<ref name="Yamauchi 1967"/>). Copied by Shaikh Abdallah in March 1942. Different version of DC 45. Partially published in journal articles.<ref name="DC 45-46"/>
*'''DC 47''' – Pišra ḏ-Šambra ("'''A Phylactery for Rue'''").<ref name="Buckley 2002"/> See Drower (1946).<ref name="DC47">{{cite journal|last=Drower|first=E. S.|title=A Phylactery for Rue (An Invocation of the Personified Herb)|journal=Orientalia|publisher=Gregorian Biblical Press|volume=15|year=1946|issn=00305367|jstor=43073269|pages=324–346|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/43073269}}</ref> Copied by Yahia Bihram, son of Adam Yuhana.
*'''DC 48''' – '''Alma Rišaia Zuṭa''' ("The Smaller Supreme World")<ref name="Secret Adam">Drower, E. S. 1960. ''The Secret Adam: A Study of Nasoraean Gnosis''. Oxford: Clarendon Press.</ref> (listed as DC 47 in Drower 1953<ref name="Drower 1953"/>). English translation and commentary by Drower (1963).<ref name="pair"/> A text from Shushtar. Dates to 972 A.H. or 1564 A.D.
*'''DC 49''' – Small exorcism scroll
*'''DC 50''' – Šarḥ ḏ-Maṣbuta Rabia ("'''The Scroll of the Great Baptism'''").<ref name="Buckley 2002"/> Ritual scroll describing the 360 baptisms ([[Religion:Masbuta|masbuta]]s) for a polluted priest. Also called "Fifty Baptisms" and the ''Raza Rba ḏ-Zihrun''. Dates from 1867 and has 962 lines.
*'''DC 51''' – Pišra ḏ-Pugdama ḏ-Mia ("Exorcism: the Command of the Waters").<ref name="Yamauchi 1967"/> Exorcism invoking the personified waters of life. Dates to 1277 A.H.
*'''DC 52''' – missing
*'''DC 53''' – '''[[Religion:Qolasta|Qolasta]]''' (Canonical Prayerbook, a complete codex)
*'''DC 54''' – '''[[Religion:The Coronation of the Great Šišlam|The Coronation of the Great Šišlam]]'''. English translation and commentary by Drower (1962). Or. 6592, British Museum is another manuscript of this text.<ref name="DC54">Drower, E. S. 1962. ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/coronation-of-the-great-sislam-being-a-description-of-the-rite-of-the-coronation-of-a-mandaean-priest-according-to-the-ancient-canon-translation-from-two-manuscripts-entitled-the-coronation-of-sislam-rba-dc-54-bodleian-library-oxford-1008-ah-and-or-6592-british-museum-1298-ah-with-discussion-of-the-words-written-in-the-dust/oclc/1351010 The Coronation of the Great Šišlam: Being a Description of the Rite of the Coronation of a Mandaean Priest according to the ancient Canon]''. Leiden: Brill.</ref> The scroll is from [[Place:Basra|Basra]] and dates to 1008 A.H. (1599 A.D.). Copied by Sam Šitlan, son of Ram Bayan, Ša‛puria clan.
*'''DC 55''' – Drower's personal notebook

== Literature ==
* E. S. Drower: ''The Book of the zodiac = Sfar malwašia: D. C. 31.'' London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1949.
* E. S. Drower: ''Mandaeans. Liturgy and ritual. The canonical prayerbook of the Mandaeans.'' Translated with notes. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1959.
* E. S. Drower: ''Haran Gawaita. The Haran Gawaita and the Baptism of Hibil-Ziwa: the Mandaic text reproduced, together with translation, notes and commentary.'' Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, 1953.
* E. S. Drower: ''Alf trisar ŝuialia. The thousand and twelve questions: a Mandaean text'', edited in transliteration and translation. Berlin, Akademie-Verlag, 1960.
* E. S. Drower: ''Diwan Abatur. ... or progress through the purgatories.'' Text with translation notes and appendices. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 1950 (''Studi e testi. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana'' 151, {{ZDB|762276-4}}).
* M. Nicolas Siouffi: ''Études sur la Religion/Des Soubbas ou sabéens, leurs dogmes, mœurs par''. Paris 1880, ISBN 9781147041224
* J. de Morgan: ''Mission scientifique en Perse par J. De Morgan.'' Tome V. Études linguistiques. Deuxième partie. Textes mandaïtes publiés par J. de Morgan avec une notice sur les Mandéens par Cl. Huart. Paris, 1904
* Hermann Zotenberg: ''Catalogues des manuscriptes syriaques et sabéens (mandaïtes)''
* Henri Pognon: ''Inscriptions mandaïtes des coupes de Khouabir'' Paris 1898–1899, parts 1–3
* Mark Lidzbarski: ''Ginzā. Der Schatz oder Das große Buch der Mandäer''. Göttingen, 1925
* Mark Lidzbarski: ''Das Johannesbuch der Mandäer''. Gießen: Töpelmann, 1915, 1966
* Mark Lidzbarski: ''Das mandäische Seelenbuch'', in: ZDMG 61 (1907), 689–698
* Richard Reitzenstein: ''Das mandäische Buch des Herrn der Größe und die Evangelienüberlieferung''. Heidelberg-Winter, 1919
* Julius Euting: ''Qolastā oder Gesänge und Lehren von der Taufe und dem Ausgang der Seele''. Stuttgart, 1867 (Euting's edition of the ''Qolastā'' in Mandaic, which is incomplete)
* Dr. B. Poertner: ''Mandäischer Diwan''. Eine photographische. Aufnahme; Straßburg, 1904
* Dr. W. Brandt: ''Mandäische Schriften'' übersetzt und erläutert. Göttingen, 1893
* Matthias Norberg: ''Codex Nasaraeus Liber Adami appellatus''. 3 vols. London, 1815–16
* Julius Heinrich Petermann: ''Porta linguarum orientalium''. Bd. 1–4, 6., Berlin 1840–72
* Julius Heinrich Petermann: ''Reisen im Orient''. 2 Bde. Leipzig, 1865
* [[Religion:Theodor Nöldeke|Theodor Nöldeke]]: ''Mandäische Grammatik''. Halle, 1875
* Werner Foerster: ''A Selection of Gnostic Texts''. Oxford, 1974
* Kurt Rudolph: ''Theogonie, Kosmogonie und Anthropogonie in den mandäischen Schriften. Eine literarkritische und traditionsgeschichtliche Untersuchung.'' Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1965 (''Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments'' 88, {{ZDB|528176-3}}), (Zugleich: Leipzig, Univ., Phil. Habil.-Schr., 1961).
* Kurt Rudolph. ''Mandaeism'' In: David Noel Freedman (ed.), The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Doubleday 1992, ISBN 3-438-01121-2, Bd. 4, S.&nbsp;500–502.
* Rudolf Macuch: ''Und das Leben ist siegreich'' Mandäistische Forschungen 1, Harrassowitz Verlag 2008
* Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley: ''The Colophons in the Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 51, No. 1 (Jan. 1992), 33–50.
* Willis Barnstone: ''The other Bible''. Harper, 1984
* Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon: ''Mandäer''. 1905–1909

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== See also ==
* ''Pistis Sophia''
* [[Religion:Nag Hammadi library|Nag Hammadi library]]
* [[Religion:Apocryphon|Apocryphon]]
* [[Unsolved:Incantation bowl|Incantation bowl]]

== External links ==
* [http://essenes.net/naz/MandaicScrolls.html Essenes.net]
* [http://www.gnosis.org/library/mand.htm Gnostic Society Library]
* [http://www.mandaeannetwork.com/ The Eyes Encyclopedia of the Knowledge] (Mandaean Network)
* [https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/reihe_293.ahtml Mandäistische Forschungen] book series from [[Company:Harrassowitz Verlag|Harrassowitz Verlag]]

=== Online texts ===
* [http://www.archive.org/details/MN41563ucmf_2 Ginzā] (1925)
* [http://www.archive.org/details/dasjohannesbuchd02lidzuoft ''Drašâ d-Jōhânā''] (1905)
* [http://www.archive.org/details/mandaschelitur00lidzuoft Qolastā in ''Mandäische Liturgien''] (1925)
* [http://www.museum-digital.de/thue/index.php?t=objekt&oges=2399 An incantation bowl]

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