The Thousand and Twelve Questions
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The Thousand and Twelve Questions (Classical Mandaic: Alf Trisar Šuialia) is a Mandaean religious text. The 1012 Questions is one of the most detailed texts on Mandaean priestly rituals.
The text contains detailed commentaries on Mandaean religious rituals, such as death masses (masiqta) to help guide souls into the World of Light, and the Mandaean marriage ceremony. It is written as a scroll.
Translations
An English translation of the text was published by E. S. Drower in 1960, which was based on manuscript 36 of the Drower Collection (abbreviated DC 36). DC 6 is an incomplete manuscript of The Thousand and Twelve Questions in the Drower Collection missing books 1-2, but DC 36 is the complete version with all 7 books included.
Contents
Contents of the 7 parts of the 1012 Questions:
- Book 1
- Part 1
- Part 2: The explanation of the body
- Book 2
- Part 3.1: Accidental impurity and its cure
- Part 3.2
- Part 4: The agreed form of the masiqta of Šitil; of the Dabahata and of the Dukrania
- Part 5.1: Blow and healing
- Part 5.2: The celebration of the mrriage of Šišlam-Rba, son of Lihdaia-Rba-Zadiqa
- Part 6.1: Burial
- Part 6.2: Of postulants and priesthood
- Part 7: Concerning the postulant's first baptism - admonitions