Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen
Assistant Professor of Religion, Bowdoin College
Print publication date: 2002 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-515385-9
doi:10.1093/0195153855.003.0010
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-515385-9
doi:10.1093/0195153855.003.0010
10 The Ducks That Came to the MarshesNew York
Starts the third part of the book, on native hermeneutics (interpretation issues). It gives an account of New York Mandaeans; Mandaeans first came to New York to the World Exposition in 1939, to show their silver and gold art. Accounts are given of various meetings of members of this community with the author, and their beliefs and practices are described.
Keywords: beliefs, Mandaeans, Mandaeism, New York, practices, religious communities, USA
Keywords: beliefs, Mandaeans, Mandaeism, New York, practices, religious communities, USA
doi:10.1093/0195153855.003.0010
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