The Coronation of the Great Shishlam

*The Coronation of the Great Šišlam*
*Šarḥ ḏ-Traṣa ḏ-Taga ḏ-Šišlam Rba*
The Coronation of the Great Šišlam; Šarḥ ḏ-Traṣa ḏ-Taga ḏ-Šišlam Rba
	The Coronation of the Great Shishlam being read inside a tarmida initiation hut in Baghdad, Iraq in 2008
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Religion	Mandaeism
Language	Mandaic language

The Coronation of the Great Šišlam (or The Coronation of Shishlam Rabba; Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡀࡓࡇ ࡖࡕࡓࡀࡑࡀ ࡖࡕࡀࡂࡀ ࡖࡔࡉࡔࡋࡀࡌ ࡓࡁࡀ, romanized: Šarḥ ḏ-Traṣa ḏ-Taga ḏ-Šišlam Rba) is a Mandaean religious text. The text is a detailed commentary on the initiation of the tarmida (junior priests), with detailed discussions on masbuta and masiqta rituals. The Scroll of Exalted Kingship is also used extensively alongside the Coronation in tarmida initiation rituals. Similar esoteric texts that are traditionally used exclusively by Mandaean priests include The Thousand and Twelve Questions, and The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa.^[1]

The Scroll of Exalted Kingship is essentially a much more detailed version of the Coronation. Whereas the Coronation simply lists the sequences of prayers and rituals to be performed, the Exalted Kingship also provides symbolic explanations for each prayer and ritual that is performed.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.

[Buckley_2002-1] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.

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The Coronation of the Great Šišlam Šarḥ ḏ-Traṣa ḏ-Taga ḏ-Šišlam Rba
The Coronation of the Great Shishlam being read inside a tarmida initiation hut in Baghdad, Iraq in 2008
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Religion	Mandaeism
Language	Mandaic language