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John the Baptist and the Last Gnostics Andrew Phillip Smith

John the Baptist and the Last Gnostics By Andrew Phillip Smith

John the Baptist and the Last Gnostics by Andrew Phillip Smith


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Could an obscure middle-eastern ethnic religion really stretch all the way back to the Gnostics and John the Baptist?

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John the Baptist and the Last Gnostics: The Secret History of the Mandaeans by Andrew Phillip Smith

Among the casualties of the western intervention in Iraq and the recent activities of ISIS are the Mandaeans of southern Iraq. Keepers of an ancient minority religious tradition, these peace-loving people may now be found in small numbers in such unlikely locations as Sydney, New Jersey, or Manchester. They have a claim to being the last Gnostics, The Mandaeans place weekly river baptisms at the centre of their religious life, and the primary exemplar, though not the founder, of their religion is claimed to be none other than John the Baptist. Could this really be true? Could an obscure middle-eastern ethnic religion really stretch all the way back to the Gnostics and John the Baptist?What is the real history of this mysterious and long-lived sect. What is their relationship to other ancient minority religions such as the Yazidis and Druze? Could they have influenced the Knights Templar? Do they preserve traces of ancient Babylonian religion? Could they really have a link with John the Baptist, and who was that mysterious figure? Was Jesus himself an apostate Mandaean?

About Andrew Phillip Smith

Andrew Philip Smith is the editor of The Gnostic and the author of Lost History of the Cathars and Secret History of the Gnostics. He has also written for Fortean Times, New Dawn and The Guardian.

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GOR009662431
9781780289137
1780289138
John the Baptist and the Last Gnostics: The Secret History of the Mandaeans by Andrew Phillip Smith
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Watkins Media Limited
20160818
224
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