Manda d-Haije

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Manda d-Haije ( Aramaic : knowledge of life also son of life or image of life ) is a mythical figure of the Mandaeans .

He is a so-called Uthra , a spirit and light being and represents the redeeming knowledge. The Mandaeans are said to have named themselves after him. Mana rubre sent him as a messenger to earth ( Tibil ) to inform the first humans Adam pagria and Hawa about their origin.

Before the world was created, he went on a journey into hell to conquer and bind the demon Ur in order to prevent creation.

With his mother, sister and wife Ruha he created the Seven Planets and the Twelve Zodiac.

Manda d-Haije helps the souls of the dead ( Adam kasia ) with their ascent into the world of light, as they have to pass through light-hostile guard stations that are guarded by demons. As a child he is said to have been baptized by the Judeo-Christian John the Baptist .

literature

  • Gerhard J. Bellinger : Knaurs Lexikon der Mythologie. 3100 keywords on the myths of all peoples from the beginning to the present. Droemer Knaur Verlag, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-426-26376-9 .
  • Friedrich Büchsel : Mandaeans and Johannes disciples. In: Journal for New Testament Science and the Knowledge of the Older Church . 26, 1927, ISSN  0044-2615 , pp. 219-231.
  • The Gospel of John. Explained by Rudolf Bultmann . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1986, ISBN 3-525-51514-6 ( critical-exegetical commentary on the New Testament 2).
  • Kurt Rudolph: Theogony, cosmogony and anthropogony in the Mandaean writings. An investigation into literary criticism and the history of tradition. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1965 ( research on the religion and literature of the Old and New Testaments 88, ZDB -ID 528176-3 ), (also: Leipzig, Univ., Phil. Habil.-Schr., 1961).