| Alma Rišaia Zuṭa | |
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| Language | Mandaic language |
Alma Rišaia Zuṭa (Classical Mandaic:ࡀࡋࡌࡀ ࡓࡉࡔࡀࡉࡀ ࡆࡅࡈࡀ, "The Smaller Supreme World" or "The Smaller First World") is aMandaean religious text. The text is used for Mandaean priestly initiation ceremonies. It is written as a scroll.Alma Rišaia Zuṭa complementsAlma Rišaia Rba, or "The Greater Supreme World", a related Mandaic text used for priestly rituals.[1]
An English translation of the text was published byE. S. Drower in 1963, which was based on manuscript 48 of theDrower Collection (abbreviatedDC 48). It was copied in 972 A.H. (1564 or 1565 A.D.). Since the first part of the scroll is missing, the content of DC 48 begins in the middle of a dialogue between an initiating priest (rba) and a novice. There are 4 extant parts in the DC 48 manuscript.[2] A typesetted Mandaic version of DC 48 was published byMajid Fandi Al-Mubaraki in 2002.[3]
MS Rbai Rafid Collection 3F (abbreviated MSRRC 3F), copied in 1238 A.H. (1822-1823 A.D.), is a manuscript ofAlma Rišaia Zuṭa that was not analyzed by Drower. It was analyzed byMatthew Morgenstern in 2018.[4] The manuscript is part of the Rbai Rafid Collection (RRC), a private collection of Mandaean manuscripts held by theMandaean priest RbaiRafid al-Sabti inNijmegen, Netherlands.[5] The copyist was Iahia Ram Zihrun br Mhatam br Mhatam Iuhana br Bihram br Mašad br Naǰmia br Karam br Kairia br Haiat kinianḥ Sabur.[6]
InAlma Rišaia Zuṭa, the prescribed sequence ofQulasta prayers (numbered below according to Drower's 1959Canonical Prayerbook) to be recited is as follows.[2]
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