Manichaeism

Persian religion founded in the 3rd century CE

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2025
Psalms of Thomas
Gelbert & Lofts published a discussion of the parallels between the Psalms of Thomas and Mandaean texts.
2017
Psalms of Thomas
Van Bladel proposed an alternative theory that Manichaeism and Mandaeism might have borrowed hymns from a common source, potentially a funeral prayer from an Aramaic-speaking Judeo-Christian group like the Elchasites.

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