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Carlos Gelbert
Native name
کارلوس کلبرت
Born1948
Basra, Iraq
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish, Arabic, Mandaic, German
CitizenshipAustralian
GenreNon-fiction
Fiction
SpouseSue Aran[1]

Carlos Gelbert (born 1948) is an Australian writer and translator. He is best known for publishing the first full-length English translations of the Ginza Rabba (2011) and Mandaean Book of John (2017). Gelbert has also translated the Ginza Rabba (2021) and Qolasta (2002) into Arabic.

Biography[edit]

Gelbert was born in 1948[2] in Basra, Iraq.[3] He immigrated to Australia in the 1990s and currently resides in the Sydney metropolitan area.[3][1]

Books authored[edit]

Below is a list of books authored by Gelbert.[4][5]

Mandaean texts[edit]

Mandaeism[edit]

  • 2003. A Letter to My Son. ISBN 9780958034616.
  • 2005. The Mandaeans and the Jews. ISBN 9780958034623.
  • 2009. Jesus whose other name was Joash. Austin Macauley Publishers. ISBN 9781905609826.
  • 2013. The Mandaeans (Last Gnostics) and the Christians in the time of Jesus Christ. ISBN 9780958034647. (discusses the history of the Mandaeans in Edessa during Late Antiquity)
  • 2018. An Authentic Collection of Mandaean Stories and Fairy Tales. ISBN 9780958034685.
  • 2023. The Key to All the Mysteries of Ginza Rba. ISBN 9780648795414. (glossary of more than 144 alphabetically arranged subjects)

Novels[edit]

English
  • 2001. Stories of Marriage and Love. ISBN 9780646416601.
  • 2014. The Daughter of The God Jupiter. ISBN 9780958034654.
  • 2016. Those Who Love and Those Who Die. ISBN 9780958034661.
German
  • 1995. Ruth und Sarah. Aulendorf: Verlag Eppe GmbH. ISBN 9783890893594.
  • 1996. Amadeus oder Ich liebe Gott. Aulendorf: Verlag Eppe GmbH. ISBN 9783890893617.
  • 1996. Zeit der Lieblosigkeit. Aulendorf: Verlag Eppe GmbH. ISBN 9783890893600.

Others[edit]

  • 2020. My Unordinary Sex Book. ISBN 9780958034692.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Gelbert, Carlos (2017). The Teachings of the Mandaean John the Baptist. Fairfield, NSW, Australia: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780958034678. OCLC 1000148487.
  2. ^ "94979420". VIAF. 2013-09-16. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  3. ^ a b Gelbert, Carlos (2005). The Mandaeans and the Jews. Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books. ISBN 0-9580346-2-1. OCLC 68208613.
  4. ^ "Gelbert, Carlos". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  5. ^ "Living Water Books". Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  6. ^ Gelbert, Carlos (2011). Ginza Rba. Sydney: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780958034630.
  7. ^ Gelbert, Carlos (2021). گینزا ربَّا = Ginza Rba (in Arabic). Edensor Park, NSW, Australia: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780648795407.

External links[edit]

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