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In Mandaeism, a rahma (Classical Mandaic: ࡓࡀࡄࡌࡀ; plural form: rahmia ࡓࡀࡄࡌࡉࡀ) is a daily devotional prayer that is recited during a specific time of the day or specific day of the week.[1]

Translations[edit]

E. S. Drower's version of the Qolasta, the Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans, has 64 rahma prayers translated into English that are numbered from 106 to 169. In Drower's ordering, the rahma prayers directly follow the Asiet Malkia prayer (CP 105), while the Ṭabahatan prayer (CP 170) comes after the rahma prayers.[2]

Part 1 of the Oxford Collection in Mark Lidzbarski's Mandäische Liturgien (1920) contains 60 rahma prayers translated into German that correspond to prayers 106–160 and 165–169 in Drower (1959).[3]

List of rahma prayers[edit]

Below, Oxford refers to Lidzbarski's (1920) numbering, while CP refers to Drower's (1959) number.

Hourly prayers[edit]

The first 13 prayers are recited during the three times of the day for prayer, which are dawn (sunrise), noontime (the "seventh hour"), and evening (sunset).

Rahma prayers recited after incense is offered:

Prayers for the days of the week[edit]

There are 6 rahma prayers for each day of the week. Each set consists of alternating long and short prayers (i.e., the 1st prayer is a long one, the 2nd prayer is a short one, while the 3rd prayer is again a long one, etc.).

Saturday evening priest initiation prayers[edit]

The 2 prayers for novices in priest initiation ceremonies, recited on Saturday evening (sunset):

  • CP 161 (not in Lidzbarski)
  • CP 162 (not in Lidzbarski)

Sunday dawn priest initiation prayers[edit]

The 2 prayers for novices in priest initiation ceremonies, recited on Sunday dawn (sunrise):

  • CP 163 (not in Lidzbarski)
  • CP 164 (not in Lidzbarski)

"Fruits of Ether" prayers[edit]

The last 5 prayers are the prayers for the "Fruit(s) of Ether".

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
  2. ^ Drower, E. S. (1959). The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
  3. ^ Lidzbarski, Mark. 1920. Mandäische Liturgien. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, phil.-hist. Klasse, NF 17.1. Berlin.

External links[edit]

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahma_(Mandaeism)

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