Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mandaean text which purports to tell the history of the mandaeans and their arrival in iraq as " nasoreans " fr”. Today it says “called the mountains of madday"”.
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Haran Gawaita ( Mandaic : ࡄࡀࡓࡀࡍ ࡂࡀࡅࡀࡉࡕࡀ , meaning "Inner Harran " or "Inner Hauran "; Modern Mandaic : (Diwān) Harrān Gawāythā ) also known as the Scroll of Great Revelation , is a Mandaean text which recounts the history of the Mandaeans as Nasoraeans from Jerusalem and their arrival in a region described as "Inner Harran (' haran gauaita ) which is called the mountains of Madday" (Mandaic: ṭura ḏ-madai ), which some scholars have identified with Media . The Haran Gawaita continues the historical narrative of the Mandaean Book of Kings , adding a new eighth age to the seven described in that work. The text was published for the first time in 1953. The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire . "And sixty thousand Nasoraeans abandoned the Sign of the Seven and entered the Median Hills, a place where we were free from domination by all other races." Karen L. In Horsley, Richard (March 2010). The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World . From Sasanian Mandaeans to Ṣābians of the marshes . Leiden studies in Islam and society.
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The Haran Gawaita ( Mandaic "Inner Haran ") is a Mandaean text which purports to tell the history of the Mandaeans and their arrival in Iraq as " Nasoreans " from Jerusalem. "And sixty thousand Nasoreans abandoned the Sign of the Seven and entered the Median Hills, a place where we were free from domination by all other races." Karen L.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The Haran Gawaita ( Mandaic ࡄࡀࡓࡀࡍ ࡂࡀࡅࡀࡉࡕࡀ "Inner Haran " or "Inner Hauran ") is a Mandaean text which purports to tell the history of the Mandaeans and their arrival in Media as " Nasoraeans " from Jerusalem. "And sixty thousand Nasoraeans abandoned the Sign of the Seven and entered the Median Hills, a place where we were free from domination by all other races." Karen L.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Mandaean text The Haran Gawaita ( Mandaic ࡄࡀࡓࡀࡍ ࡂࡀࡅࡀࡉࡕࡀ "Inner Harran " or "Inner Hauran ") also known as the Scroll of Great Revelation , is a Mandaean text which recounts the history of the Mandaeans and their arrival in Media as Nasoraeans from Jerusalem . "And sixty thousand Nasoraeans abandoned the Sign of the Seven and entered the Median Hills, a place where we were free from domination by all other races." Karen L.
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mandaean text which purports to tell the history of the mandaeans and their arrival in iraq as " nasoreans " fr
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called the mountains of madday"
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