{"id":541,"date":"2011-06-10T15:49:49","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T19:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=534"},"modified":"2011-06-10T15:49:49","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T19:49:49","slug":"the-mandaic-book-of-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/06\/the-mandaic-book-of-john.html","title":{"rendered":"The Mandaic Book of John"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>As an update on <a href=\"http:\/\/mandaeanbookofjohn.blogspot.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Mandaean Book of John translation project<\/a>, let me share the news that <a href=\"http:\/\/rogueleaf.com\/book-of-john\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a blog has been created<\/a> for the purpose of posting completed drafts of both the typed Mandaic text and English translation of the Mandaean Book of John. It can be visited at <a href=\"http:\/\/rogueleaf.com\/book-of-john\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/rogueleaf.com\/book-of-john\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please keep in mind that, for the time being at least, what is posted there are drafts and not final, polished, corrected and edited versions of either the text or the translation, unless otherwise specified.<\/p>\n<p>Since the texts I will be talking about in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbl-site.org\/meetings\/abstract.aspx?id=18359\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">my conference paper at the Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting in London in July<\/a>, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbl-site.org\/meetings\/Congresses_ProgramBook.aspx?MeetingId=18\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Reception of Lukan Infancy Traditions in the Mandaean Book of John<\/a>,\u201d would be rather much for a \u201chandout,\u201d hopefully it will be not only adequate but better to provide the Mandaic text and English translation online. Here are direct links to the relevant sections:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rogueleaf.com\/book-of-john\/the-text\/chapter-18\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chapter 18 Mandaic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rogueleaf.com\/book-of-john\/2011\/06\/04\/18-portents-of-the-birth-of-john-the-baptist\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chapter 18 English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rogueleaf.com\/book-of-john\/2011\/06\/09\/chapter-32-johns-parents-continued\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chapter 32 English<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will also make a copy of my paper available in due course.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an update on the Mandaean Book of John translation project, let me share the news that a blog has been created for the purpose of posting completed drafts of both the typed Mandaic text and English translation of the Mandaean Book of John. 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