Scroll of the Great Baptism

The Scroll of the Great Baptism (Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡀࡓࡇ ࡖࡌࡀࡑࡁࡅࡕࡀ ࡓࡀࡁࡕࡉࡀ‎ Šarḥ ḏ-Maṣbuta Rabtia^[1]) is a Mandaean religious text. It is a ritual scroll describing the 360 baptisms (masbutas) for a polluted priest. The scroll is also called "Fifty Baptisms" and the Raza Rba ḏ-Zihrun (Classical Mandaic: ࡓࡀࡆࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ ࡖࡆࡉࡄࡓࡅࡍ, lit. 'Great Mystery of Zihrun').^[2]

Scroll of the Great Baptism Šarḥ ḏ-Maṣbuta Rabtia
Information
Religion	Mandaeism
Language	Mandaic language

Manuscripts

Manuscript 50 of the Drower Collection (abbreviated DC 50) is a copy of the Scroll of the Great Baptism. It was copied in 1867 by Yahya Bihram and has 962 lines.^[2] Güterbock (2008) contains an analysis of the manuscript.^[3]

MS RRC 1C is the most complete manuscript. The manuscript was copied at Shushtar in 1074 A.H. (1663-4 A.D.) by Yahia Yuhana br Rbai Zihrun Adam.^[4][5]

See also

• Scroll of the Parwanaya