In an age where digital knowledge platforms are reshaping access to religious and cultural heritage, the project known as "Mawsu'at al-Yawm al-Ma'rifiyya lil-Kutub al-Mandaiyya" (The Knowledge Encyclopedia of Today for Mandaean Books) stands as a groundbreaking initiative. This encyclopedia aims to collect, digitize, annotate, and disseminate the sacred and classical literature of the Mandaean people—one of the world's oldest surviving Gnostic communities.
The Mandaeans, also known as the Sabians (mentioned in the Quran as "Sabians" or "Sabian-Mandaeans"), are followers of John the Baptist. They regard him as their greatest teacher and renewer of their faith, while rejecting Jesus and Moses as prophetic figures in their tradition. Their name derives from the Aramaic manda (knowledge, gnosis), reflecting a Gnostic worldview centered on the soul's ascent from the material world, ruled by evil forces (Ruha), to the World of Light (alma d-nhura). mwswt alywn almrfyt llktb almndayyt
تعمل الموسوعة كمرجع لغوي يساعد في الحفاظ على اللغة المندائية، التي تُصنفها اليونسكو ضمن اللغات المهددة بالانقراض. In an age where digital knowledge platforms are
For interfaith dialogue, it highlights:
For Mandaean youth in diaspora (especially in Detroit, Sydney, Stockholm, and London), the encyclopedia offers: They regard him as their greatest teacher and