Rafid al-Sabti

Rbai
Rafid al-Sabti
Rbai Rafid al-Sabti
الربي رافد السبتي
	Rbai Rafid al-Sabti in 2018
Title	Rabbi
Personal
Born	1965; Iraq
Religion	Mandaeism
Children	Ardwan Al-Sabti
Parent	RishammaAbdullah bar Negm
Citizenship	Dutch
Other names	Shaykh Rāfid ibn Shaykh ʿAbdullah ibn Shaykh Najim;; Rāfid ʿAbdullah Najim (Rāfid ʻAbd Allāh Naǧm)
Occupation	Mandaean priest
Relatives	SheikhNegm bar Zahroon(grandfather); Ram Zihrun(great-great-grandfather)

Rafid al-Rishama Abdallah al-Ganzibra Zahrun al-Rishama Abdallah al-Sabti(Arabic:رافد الريشاما عبدالله الگنزبرا نجم الگنزبرا زهرون الريشاما عبدالله السبتي كنيانا عزيز;born 1965, Iraq^[2]) is an Iraqi-DutchMandaean priestinNijmegen,Netherlands.^[3]

Biography[edit]

Al-Sabti was born in 1965 toRishama Abdullah,son ofSheikh Neǧm,in Baghdad, Iraq.^[4]He was initiated into the Mandaean priesthood by his father.^[5]^: 118Al-Sabti later emigrated to the Netherlands.

Al-Sabti is the custodian of the Rbai Rafid Collection (RRC), a private collection of Mandaean manuscripts held inNijmegen,Netherlands.^[6]Important manuscripts in the collection include different versions of theGinza Rabbaand a copy of theAlma Rišaia Zuṭaknown as Ms. RRC 3F,^[7]as well as aqulastainscribed on lead plates.^[8]^: 22

Publications[edit]

Mandaean prayerand various rituals(1988) / الصلاة المندائية - وبعض الطقوس الدينية
Mandaean baptism(1990) / التعميد المندائي
Masiqta:the ascension and the advancement(2004) / المسقثا - الصعود والارتقاء,ISBN 978-9090181653^[9]
The treasure of Life: The holy book of the Mandaeans(2022),ISBN 978-9090360058(Ginza Rabbain Mandaic)^[10]

Family[edit]

His son, Ardwan Al-Sabti, is a researcher and graphic designer known for creatingMandaic fonts.^[11]

References[edit]

^Abdullah, Thabit A.J. (2018)."The Mandaean Community and Ottoman-British Rivalry in Late 19th-Century Iraq: The Curious Case of Shaykh Ṣaḥan".Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient.61(3). Brill: 396–425.doi:10.1163/15685209-12341452.ISSN 0022-4995.JSTOR 26572309.Retrieved5 July2023.
^"Rabi Rafid Alsabti: Interview 2018, Part 1".Mandaean Museum.29 July 2019.Retrieved5 July2023.
^"Tarmida Rafid Al-Sabti: Chapter 2".The Worlds of Mandaean Priests.1 March 2018.Retrieved5 July2023.
^"Tarmida Rafid Al-Sabti: Chapter 1".The Worlds of Mandaean Priests.1 March 2018.Retrieved5 July2023.
^Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010).The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history.Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press.ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
^Aldihisi, Sabah (2008).The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba(PhD). University College London.
^Morgenstern, Matthew(2018)."New readings and interpretations in the Mandaic priestly commentaryAlma Rišaia Zuṭa(The Lesser 'First World') ".Le Muséon.131(1–2): 1–19.doi:10.2143/MUS.131.1.3284833.
^Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2023).1800 Years of Encounters with Mandaeans.Gorgias Mandaean Studies. Vol. 5. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press.ISBN 978-1-4632-4132-2.ISSN 1935-441X.
^Al-Sabtī, Rāfid ʿAbd Allāh Naǧm (2004).Masiqt̲ā: al-suʻūd wa-al-irtiqāʼ(in Arabic). Nijmegen.ISBN 978-90-90-18165-3.OCLC 319811837.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Al-Sabtī, Rāfid ʻAbd Allāh Naǧm (2022).The treasure of life: the holy book of the Mandaeans: written in the original Mandaic tongue(in Aramaic). Nijmegen: RRC.ISBN 978-90-90-36005-8.OCLC 1351435847.
^"Ardwan Al-Sabti".Retrieved5 July2023.

External links[edit]

InterviewfromThe Worlds of Mandaean Priests
Mandaean Museum(Rbai Rafid al-Sabti's YouTube channel)
Twitter
Academia.edu

[Thabit-1] Abdullah, Thabit A.J. (2018)."The Mandaean Community and Ottoman-British Rivalry in Late 19th-Century Iraq: The Curious Case of Shaykh Ṣaḥan".Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient.61(3). Brill: 396–425.doi:10.1163/15685209-12341452.ISSN 0022-4995.JSTOR 26572309.Retrieved5 July2023.

[interview-2] "Rabi Rafid Alsabti: Interview 2018, Part 1".Mandaean Museum.29 July 2019.Retrieved5 July2023.

[3] "Tarmida Rafid Al-Sabti: Chapter 2".The Worlds of Mandaean Priests.1 March 2018.Retrieved5 July2023.

[4] "Tarmida Rafid Al-Sabti: Chapter 1".The Worlds of Mandaean Priests.1 March 2018.Retrieved5 July2023.

[Buckley2010-5] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010).The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history.Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press.ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.

[Aldihisi_2008-6] Aldihisi, Sabah (2008).The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba(PhD). University College London.

[7] Morgenstern, Matthew(2018)."New readings and interpretations in the Mandaic priestly commentaryAlma Rišaia Zuṭa(The Lesser 'First World') ".Le Muséon.131(1–2): 1–19.doi:10.2143/MUS.131.1.3284833.

[Buckley_2023-8] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2023).1800 Years of Encounters with Mandaeans.Gorgias Mandaean Studies. Vol. 5. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press.ISBN 978-1-4632-4132-2.ISSN 1935-441X.

[9] Al-Sabtī, Rāfid ʿAbd Allāh Naǧm (2004).Masiqt̲ā: al-suʻūd wa-al-irtiqāʼ(in Arabic). Nijmegen.ISBN 978-90-90-18165-3.OCLC 319811837.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[10] Al-Sabtī, Rāfid ʻAbd Allāh Naǧm (2022).The treasure of life: the holy book of the Mandaeans: written in the original Mandaic tongue(in Aramaic). Nijmegen: RRC.ISBN 978-90-90-36005-8.OCLC 1351435847.

[11] "Ardwan Al-Sabti".Retrieved5 July2023.

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