Great Treasure

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Great Treasure is an alternative name for the Ginza Rabba, the principal holy scripture of the Mandaean religion.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Great Treasure canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf holy scripture ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Genzā Rabbā ⓘ
The Great Treasure ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Ginza Rabba ⓘ
associatedConcept World of Light ⓘ
salvation of the soul ⓘ
associatedDeity Hayyi Rabbi ⓘ
centralTextOf Mandaean religion ⓘ
linked to: Mandaeism
contains cosmogony ⓘ
ethical teachings ⓘ
hymns ⓘ
legal material ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
culturalContext Middle Eastern Gnostic tradition ⓘ
genre Gnostic scripture ⓘ
religious scripture ⓘ
hasPart Left Ginza ⓘ
Right Ginza ⓘ
hasSection accounts of souls after death ⓘ
instructions for rituals ⓘ
narratives about creation ⓘ
language Mandaic ⓘ
primaryFunction doctrinal authority ⓘ
liturgical use ⓘ
preservation of Mandaean tradition ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Mesopotamia ⓘ
religion Mandaeism ⓘ
religiousCommunity Iranian Mandaeans ⓘ
linked to: Mandaeans in Iran

Iraqi Mandaeans ⓘ
linked to: Mandaean American
religiousTradition Gnostic ⓘ
script Mandaic script ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic alphabet
status principal holy scripture of Mandaeism ⓘ
timePeriodOfCompilation late antiquity ⓘ
usedBy Mandaeans ⓘ
linked to: Mandaeism
veneratedIn Mandaean temples ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ginza Rabba → alsoKnownAs → Great Treasure ⓘ
subject linked to: Mandaean religious texts
Ginza Rabba → alsoKnownAs → Great Treasure ⓘ
Taihō → eraNameMeaning → Great Treasure ⓘ