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Mandaean priests, representatives of a religious heritage that can be traced back to Late Antique Mesopotamia, still copy their ancient literature by hand. The Great Stem of Souls is a study of the colophons -postscripts at the end of each text - that are appended to most Mandaean documents. A study of the contents of the colophons provides a framework for reconstructing Mandaean history.Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen is the author of 'Great Stem of Souls Reconstructing Mandaean History', published 2006 under ISBN 9781593333386 and ISBN 1593333382.
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