Edmondo Lupieri holds the John Cardinal Cody Chair of Theology at Loyola University Chicago, where he teaches New Testament and Early Christianity. The series editor of Italian Texts and Studies on Religion and Society, he has also written The Mandaeans: The Last Gnostics and A Commentary on the Apocalypse of John.
Karen L. King
-- Harvard Divinity School
"Edmondo Lupieri's excellent introduction to the Mandaeans both
fills an important gap in contemporary historical scholarship on
religion and offers an opportunity for a broad audience to become
acquainted with this fascinating people and their tradition. Among
the most ancient of the world's living religions, the Mandaeans
have preserved their tradition through periods of persecution and
plenty. Lupieri's well-researched book tells this story and
introduces the texts of this tradition in a finely written style."
Pheme Perkins
-- Boston College
"This book makes an important contribution to the study of a
religion whose modern adherents are largely unknown and whose
ancient sources are not accessible to students of religion with
access to a scholarly library. For the scholar, Lupieri's careful
analysis of the historical information about Mandaeanism provides a
new look at how this movement was shaped by the religious
traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The annotated
anthology of selections from Mandaean texts provides a readable
guide for the novice. Its attention to texts that refer to the
religion of others will be particularly valuable to students of
comparative religion." Michael A. Williams
-- University of Washington
"Lupieri's eminently readable and highly informative introduction
to the Mandaeans fills a large gap in academic treatments of this
still understudied tradition, whose origins and history are both
fascinating and shrouded in considerable mystery. His engaging
style of analysis offers an insightful framework for understanding
the nature and evolution of Mandaean culture and its relation to
other religious cultures -- Jewish, Christian, and Islamic -- among
which and over against which it has shaped its own identity. This
book should be very useful in helping students to see Mandaean
religion as not merely an obscure curiosity but as one case study
with some remarkable relevance for exploring the dynamics of
religion and ethnicity in our world at large."
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