MANDEAN (MANDAEAN) WATCH:
This tiny minority of Iraqis follows an ancient Gnostic religion – and there's a chance they could be your neighbors too. (James F. McGrath, Professor of New Testament Language and Literature, Butler University, Butler University; Yahoo rpt. from The Conversation).
Professor McGrath is an expert on the Mandeans and a blogger (at Religion Prof) well known to PaleoJudaica readers. He comments on the article, with links, here.
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