Description: The Book of Kings is a universal history and capstone to the chief scripture of the Mandaeans, the only surviving Gnostic community from Late Antiquity. For the first time ever, it has been published in English in its entirety, directly translated from original Mandaic manuscripts with a scholarly commentary.
Brief description:
Charles G. Häberl is Professor of Religion and African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures, Rutgers University. He is a former Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University and the author of (with James McGrath) The Mandaean Book of John (De Gruyter, 2020) and The Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr (Harrassowitz, 2009).
Review Quotes:
'[The book] offers interesting insights into a Middle Eastern community during the era of the Byzantine and Sasanid empires. It is useful for those wanting to compare religious beliefs between cultures.' Medievalists.net