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The Mandaeans are a Gnostic sect that arose in the middle east around the same time as Christianity. What little study of the religion there has been has focused on the ancient Mandaeans and their relation to early Christianity. Buckley examines the lives and religion of contemporary Mandaeans, who live mainly in Iran and Iraq but also in New York and San Diego. She provides a comprehensive introduction to the religion and shows how its ancient texts inform the living religion, and vice versa.
Buckley challenges scholarly, stereotypical views of females in
Gnosticism, which tend either toward idealization or outright
devaluation. Examining six Gnostic texts or traditions that
illuminate female figures, she analyzes a variety of females within
their contexts. She makes no attempt to classify Gnostic females
according to simplifying formulae; rather she treats them
individually, allowing them to make sense within their own
contexts.
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