Great Treasure

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

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Label Occurrences
Great Treasure canonical 3

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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

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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