Adam Kasia

Adam Kasia(Classical Mandaic:ࡀࡃࡀࡌ ࡊࡀࡎࡉࡀ;also referred to using theportmanteauAdakasࡀࡃࡀࡊࡀࡎorAdakas Ziwain theGinza Rabba^[1]) means "the hiddenAdam"inMandaic.^[2]The hidden Adam is also calledAdam Qadmaiia(ࡀࡃࡀࡌ ࡒࡀࡃࡌࡀࡉࡉࡀ,"The First Adam" ).^[2]InMandaeism,it means thesoulof the first man.^[3]He is also identified asShishlam,the primordial priest.^[4]

Among the Mandaeans,Adam Kasiameans the soul of every human.^[2]^[5]^[6]Adam Kasiashows many similarities with the Jewish idea ofAdam Kadmon.^[7]

Prayers in theQolasta,such as theAsiet Malkia,also refer to Adam as "Adam the First Man" (Adam Gabra Qadmaiia).^[8]The Thousand and Twelve Questions,a Mandaean priestly text, also refers toAdam KasiaasAdam-S'haq^[9]('Adam-was-bright'),Adam-S'haq-Ziwa,^[3]orAdam-S'haq-Rba,who is described as the father ofShishlam,the archetype of the prototypical Mandaean.^[10]

The wife ofAdam KasiaisHawa Kasia('hidden Eve'), also known asHawa Ziwa('radiant Eve') orAnana Ziwa('radiant cloud').^[11]

References[edit]

^Gelbert, Carlos (2011).Ginza Rba.Sydney: Living Water Books.ISBN 9780958034630.
^^a ^b ^cManfred Lurker (2004).The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons.Psychology Press. p. 3.ISBN 978-0-415-34018-2.
^^a ^bDrower, E.S.(1960).The Secret Adam - The Study of Nasoraean Gnosis(PDF).Oxford University Press.
^Drower, E. S. (26 July 2021).A Mandaic Dictionary.Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 464a.ISBN 978-1-7252-7204-0.
^Drower, E.S. (1942).Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans.Brill.ISBN 978-90-04-00496-2.
^Drower, E.S. (2002).The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran: Their Cults, Customs, Magic Legends, and Folklore.Gorgias Press.ISBN 1931956499.
^"Adam Kadmon".jewishvirtuallibrary.org.Retrieved2020-01-11.
^Drower, E. S. (1959).The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans.Leiden: E. J. Brill.
^Drower, Ethel S. (1960).The Thousand and Twelve Questions: A Mandaean Text (Alf Trisar Šuialia).Berlin: Akademie Verlag. p. 228, footnote 3.
^Drower, Ethel S. (1960).The Thousand and Twelve Questions: A Mandaean Text (Alf Trisar Šuialia).Berlin: Akademie Verlag. pp. 112, 127, 136.
^Drower, E.S.(1960).The Secret Adam - A Study of Nasoraean Gnosis(PDF).Oxford University Press. p. 36.

Sources[edit]

Ethel Stefana Drower:The Secret Adam: A Study of Naṣoraean Gnosis,Clarendon Press, 1960, p. 21
Ethel Stefana Drower:The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran: Their Cults, Customs, Magic Legends, and Folklore,Gorgias Press, p. 73,ISBN 1-931956-49-9
Manfred Lurker:A Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons,Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1987, p. 6
Gerhard J. Bellinger:Knaurs Lexikon der Mythologie. 3100 Stichwörter zu den Mythen aller Völker von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart.Droemer Knaur Verlag, München 1989,ISBN 3-426-26376-9.
Horst Robert Balz,Gerhard Krause,Gerhard Müller:Theologische Realenzyklopädie.Band 22. 1992.

[GR_Gelbert-1] Gelbert, Carlos (2011).Ginza Rba.Sydney: Living Water Books.ISBN 9780958034630.

[Lurker2004-2] Manfred Lurker (2004).The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons.Psychology Press. p. 3.ISBN 978-0-415-34018-2.

[Secret_Adam-3] Drower, E.S.(1960).The Secret Adam - The Study of Nasoraean Gnosis(PDF).Oxford University Press.

[4] Drower, E. S. (26 July 2021).A Mandaic Dictionary.Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 464a.ISBN 978-1-7252-7204-0.

[5] Drower, E.S. (1942).Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans.Brill.ISBN 978-90-04-00496-2.

[6] Drower, E.S. (2002).The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran: Their Cults, Customs, Magic Legends, and Folklore.Gorgias Press.ISBN 1931956499.

[7] "Adam Kadmon".jewishvirtuallibrary.org.Retrieved2020-01-11.

[Drower_1959-8] Drower, E. S. (1959).The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans.Leiden: E. J. Brill.

[9] Drower, Ethel S. (1960).The Thousand and Twelve Questions: A Mandaean Text (Alf Trisar Šuialia).Berlin: Akademie Verlag. p. 228, footnote 3.

[10] Drower, Ethel S. (1960).The Thousand and Twelve Questions: A Mandaean Text (Alf Trisar Šuialia).Berlin: Akademie Verlag. pp. 112, 127, 136.

[11] Drower, E.S.(1960).The Secret Adam - A Study of Nasoraean Gnosis(PDF).Oxford University Press. p. 36.

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