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==Names==
==Names==
Hayyi Rabbi is also referred to in Mandaean scriptures as ''Hiia Rbia Qadmaiia'' ('The First Great Life').<ref name="Aldihisi 2008">{{cite thesis|url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1444088/|last=Aldihisi|first=Sabah|year=2008|title=The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba|type=PhD|publisher=University College London}}</ref> Other [[Names of God|names]] used are {{Transl|myz|Mar d-Rabuta}} ('Lord of Greatness' or 'The Great Lord'), {{Transl|myz|Mana Rabba}} ('The Great Mind'), {{Transl|myz|Melka d-Nhura}} ('King of Light') and {{Transl|myz|Hayyi Qadmaiyi}} ('The First Life').<ref name="auto2">Drower, Ethel Stefana. The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran. Oxford At The Clarendon Press, 1937.</ref><ref>Rudolf, K. (1978). Mandaeism. Leiden: Brill.</ref> ''[[Kušṭa]]'' ('Truth') is also another name for Hayyi Rabbi.
Hayyi Rabbi is also referred to in Mandaean scriptures as ''Hiia Rbia Qadmaiia'' ('The First Great Life').<ref name="Aldihisi 2008">{{cite thesis|url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1444088/|last=Aldihisi|first=Sabah|year=2008|title=The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba|type=PhD|publisher=University College London}}</ref> Other [[Names of God|names]] used are {{Transl|myz|Mar d-Rabuta}} {{lang|myz|ࡌࡀࡓࡀ ࡖࡓࡀࡁࡅࡕࡀ}} ('Lord of Greatness' or 'The Great Lord'), {{Transl|myz|Mana Rabba}} {{lang|myz|ࡌࡀࡍࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ}} ('The Great Mind'), {{Transl|myz|Melka d-Nhura}} {{lang|myz|ࡌࡀࡋࡊࡀ ࡖࡍࡄࡅࡓࡀ}} ('King of Light') and {{Transl|myz|Hayyi Qadmaiyi}} {{lang|myz|ࡄࡉࡉࡀ ࡒࡀࡃࡌࡀࡉࡉࡀ}} ('The First Life').<ref name="auto2">Drower, Ethel Stefana. The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran. Oxford At The Clarendon Press, 1937.</ref><ref>Rudolf, K. (1978). Mandaeism. Leiden: Brill.</ref> ''[[Kušṭa]]'' ('Truth') is also another name for Hayyi Rabbi.


According to [[E. S. Drower]], the name Great Mind or Great Mana refers to the "over-soul" or "over-mind", the earliest manifestation of Hayyi, from which the soul of a human might be seen as a [[divine spark|spark or temporarily detached part]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Drower |first=Ethel S. |author-link=E. S. Drower |title=The Haran Gawaita and The Baptism of Hibil-Ziwa: The Mandaic text reproduced together with translation, notes and commentary |place=[[Vatican City]] |publisher=[[Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana]] |year=1953 |at=p. 35, translator's footnote #1}}</ref> In book three of the Right [[Ginza Rabba|Ginza]], Hayyi is said to have "formed Himself in the likeness of the Great Mana, from which He emerged".<ref name="ginza-alsaadi-r3-1">{{cite book |section=Book Three, 1st Glorification: The Creation |pages=27–57 |title=[[Ginza Rabba]] |volume=Right Volume |translator1-last=Al-Saadi |translator1-first=Qais |translator2-last=Al-Saadi |translator2-first=Hamed |edition=2nd |place=Germany |year=2019 |publisher=Drabsha}}</ref>
According to [[E. S. Drower]], the name Great Mind or Great Mana refers to the "over-soul" or "over-mind", the earliest manifestation of Hayyi, from which the soul of a human might be seen as a [[divine spark|spark or temporarily detached part]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Drower |first=Ethel S. |author-link=E. S. Drower |title=The Haran Gawaita and The Baptism of Hibil-Ziwa: The Mandaic text reproduced together with translation, notes and commentary |place=[[Vatican City]] |publisher=[[Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana]] |year=1953 |at=p. 35, translator's footnote #1}}</ref> In book three of the Right [[Ginza Rabba|Ginza]], Hayyi is said to have "formed Himself in the likeness of the Great Mana, from which He emerged".<ref name="ginza-alsaadi-r3-1">{{cite book |section=Book Three, 1st Glorification: The Creation |pages=27–57 |title=[[Ginza Rabba]] |volume=Right Volume |translator1-last=Al-Saadi |translator1-first=Qais |translator2-last=Al-Saadi |translator2-first=Hamed |edition=2nd |place=Germany |year=2019 |publisher=Drabsha}}</ref>

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Hayyi Rabbi
Great Life
Other namesHayyi, First Life, Lord of Greatness (Mar d-Rabuta)
AbodeWorld of Light
SymbolLight
Equivalents
Manichaean equivalentFather of Greatness
Gnostic equivalentMonad
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In Mandaeism, Hayyi Rabbi (Classical Mandaic: ࡄࡉࡉࡀ ࡓࡁࡉࡀ, romanized: Hiia Rbia, lit. 'The Great Life'), 'The Great Living God',[1] is the supreme God from which all things emanate. He is also known as 'The First Life', since during the creation of the material world, Yushamin emanated from Hayyi Rabbi as the "Second Life."[2] According to Qais Al-Saadi, "the principles of the Mandaean doctrine: the belief of the only one great God, Hayyi Rabbi, to whom all absolute properties belong; He created all the worlds, formed the soul through his power, and placed it by means of angels into the human body. So He created Adam and Eve, the first man and woman."[3] Mandaeans recognize God to be the eternal, creator of all, the one and only in domination who has no partner.[4]

Names

Hayyi Rabbi is also referred to in Mandaean scriptures as Hiia Rbia Qadmaiia ('The First Great Life').[5] Other names used are Mar d-Rabuta ࡌࡀࡓࡀ ࡖࡓࡀࡁࡅࡕࡀ ('Lord of Greatness' or 'The Great Lord'), Mana Rabba ࡌࡀࡍࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ ('The Great Mind'), Melka d-Nhura ࡌࡀࡋࡊࡀ ࡖࡍࡄࡅࡓࡀ ('King of Light') and Hayyi Qadmaiyi ࡄࡉࡉࡀ ࡒࡀࡃࡌࡀࡉࡉࡀ ('The First Life').[6][7] Kušṭa ('Truth') is also another name for Hayyi Rabbi.

According to E. S. Drower, the name Great Mind or Great Mana refers to the "over-soul" or "over-mind", the earliest manifestation of Hayyi, from which the soul of a human might be seen as a spark or temporarily detached part.[8] In book three of the Right Ginza, Hayyi is said to have "formed Himself in the likeness of the Great Mana, from which He emerged".[9]

In prayers

Many Mandaean texts and prayers begin with the opening phrase bšumaihun ḏ-hiia rabia (Classical Mandaic: ࡁࡔࡅࡌࡀࡉࡄࡅࡍ ࡖࡄࡉࡉࡀ ࡓࡁࡉࡀ), "In the name of The Great Life" (similar to the basmala in Islam[5] and Christian Trinitarian formula).

See also

References

  1. ^ Nashmi, Yuhana (24 April 2013), "Contemporary Issues for the Mandaean Faith", Mandaean Associations Union, retrieved 8 October 2021
  2. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
  3. ^ Al-Saadi, Qais (27 September 2014), "Ginza Rabba "The Great Treasure" The Holy Book of the Mandaeans in English", Mandaean Associations Union, retrieved 8 October 2021
  4. ^ Hanish, Shak (2019). The Mandaeans In Iraq. In Rowe, Paul S. (2019). Routledge Handbook of Minorities in the Middle East. London and New York: Routledge. p. 163. ISBN 9781317233794.
  5. ^ a b Aldihisi, Sabah (2008). The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba (PhD). University College London.
  6. ^ Drower, Ethel Stefana. The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran. Oxford At The Clarendon Press, 1937.
  7. ^ Rudolf, K. (1978). Mandaeism. Leiden: Brill.
  8. ^ Drower, Ethel S. (1953). The Haran Gawaita and The Baptism of Hibil-Ziwa: The Mandaic text reproduced together with translation, notes and commentary. Vatican City: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. p. 35, translator's footnote #1.
  9. ^ "Book Three, 1st Glorification: The Creation". Ginza Rabba. Vol. Right Volume. Translated by Al-Saadi, Qais; Al-Saadi, Hamed (2nd ed.). Germany: Drabsha. 2019. pp. 27–57.
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