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Charles\u00a0H\u00e4berl\u00a0wrote a new blog post<\/a>, about a connection between the traditions of the Yazidi<\/a> and the Mandaeans, noting that both groups have been in the news lately because of their persecution by ISIS in Iraq. Click through to read his post, including a transcription and translation of part of the Mandaean Book of John<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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