About Brikha H.S. Nasoraia
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Professor Dr. Nasoraia is a Ganzibra (Mandaean High Priest)
and a leader of Mandaean-Nasoraeans. He is the president of
the International Mandaean Nasoraean Supreme Council and
the Mandaean Spiritual Council of Australia. At present he
is workin
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Professor Dr. Nasoraia is a Ganzibra (Mandaean High Priest)
and a leader of Mandaean-Nasoraeans. He is the president of
the International Mandaean Nasoraean Supreme Council and
the Mandaean Spiritual Council of Australia. At present he
is working at the Centre for Peace, Conflict and Middle
Eastern Studies; the Departments of Arabic Language and
Literature (Mardin-Artuklu University); Indian Sub-
continental Studies and the Centre for Millennial Studies (both University of Sydney).
Also he is completing his fourth Ph.D. at Macquarie
University, which examines the esoteric, mystical and
artistic aspects of ancient Gnostic secret scrolls from the
Middle East. His studies cover many areas of the liberal
arts. Now he is working on two large projects, “The
Complete Comparative Dictionary of Arabic Words” and “The
Gulf Migrants, Sacred Literature and Diaspora in the Indian
Ocean and Africa: A Cross-Cultural Study of the Ancient
Gulf Migrations.” Among his important forthcoming
publication A Critical Edition, with Translation and
Analytical Study of the Scroll of Great Creation of the
Image/Likeness of Truth, Erica Hunter (Senior Editor)
Corpus Codicum Mandaeorum series, Brepols Publishers
(2013) and The Esoteric and Mystical Concepts of the
Illustrated Mandaean Nasoraean Scroll: Diwan Qadaha Rba d-
Dmuth Kušţa (in the same series).
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