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The Left Ginza (Classical Mandaic: ࡂࡉࡍࡆࡀ ࡎࡌࡀࡋࡀ, romanized: Ginza Smala[1]) is one of the two parts of the Ginza Rabba, the longest and the most important holy scripture of Mandaeism. The other part of the Ginza Rabba is the Right Ginza.[2]
As of 2024, a critical edition that includes an annotated translation of the Left Ginza is being prepared by Bogdan Burtea and Christoph Markschies .[3][4]
Summaries of each book (or tractate), based mostly on Häberl (2007), are provided below.[5] Translated excerpts are from Gelbert (2011), which is mostly based on Lidzbarski (1925),[6] while Mandaic transliterations are derived from Gelbert (2011, 2021[7]).
Opening lines of each chapter are provided below, since Mandaeans often refer to Mandaic prayers by their opening lines.
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