Sam Ziwa

Sam Ziwa
Sam Ziwa
Abode	World of Light
Equivalents
Jewishequivalent	Shem

InMandaeism,Sam Ziwa(Classical Mandaic:ࡎࡀࡌ ࡆࡉࡅࡀ) is anuthra(angel or guardian) from theWorld of Light.Sam Ziwa is considered to be the Mandaean equivalent ofShem.^[1]^[2]

Sam is also a Mandaean masculine given name (see for exampleAbdullah bar Sam).^[3]

Sam Mana Smira[edit]

Sam Ziwa may be identified withSam Mana Smira(Smir Ziwa 'pure first Radiance', or Sam Smir Ziwa;Smirmeans 'preserved'), anuthrais mentioned inQolastaprayers9,14,28,77,and 171, andRight Ginza3 and 5.4.^[4]YawarMana Smira and Sam Smira Ziwa are mentioned inRight Ginza14.^[2]Lidzbarski (1920) translatesSam Mana Smiraas "Sām, the well-preservedMānā."^[5]

References[edit]

^Aldihisi, Sabah (2008).The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba(PhD). University College London.
^^a ^bGelbert, Carlos (2011).Ginza Rba.Sydney: Living Water Books.ISBN 9780958034630.
^Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010).The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history.Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press.ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
^Drower, E. S. (1959).The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans.Leiden: E. J. Brill.
^Lidzbarski, Mark. 1920.Mandäische Liturgien.Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, phil.-hist. Klasse, NF 17.1. Berlin.

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[Aldihisi_2008-1] Aldihisi, Sabah (2008).The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba(PhD). University College London.

[GR_Gelbert-2] Gelbert, Carlos (2011).Ginza Rba.Sydney: Living Water Books.ISBN 9780958034630.

[Buckley2010-3] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010).The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history.Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press.ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.

[Drower_1959-4] Drower, E. S. (1959).The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans.Leiden: E. J. Brill.

[Liturgien-5] Lidzbarski, Mark. 1920.Mandäische Liturgien.Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, phil.-hist. Klasse, NF 17.1. Berlin.

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Sam Mana Smira[edit]

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