Editions
At present, there are two published Mandaic-language editions of the Ginza published by Mandaeans themselves. Readers of Aramaic, can read the original books, which have been published and are freely accessible in university research libraries, and in online archives.
Important sources for scholars today who cannot read Mandaean Aramaic, are still the German translations; notably that by Mark Lidzbarski (1869-1928): "Der Ginza oder das grosse Buch der Mandaer" published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 1925. He translated an edition of the Ginza by Petermann (1860s) which in turn relied upon four different Ginzas; Lidzbarski was also able to include some material from a fifth Ginza, that at Leiden, Holland.
The first full English translation of the Ginza Rba was made by author Carlos Gelbert, The Great Treasure Living Water Books (2011) Sydney, Australia.
An equivalent English translation (see external links) was translated by Prof. Dr. Qais Al-Saadi and Hamed Al-Saadi in 2012. This translation was edited under the supervision of the leadership of the Mandaean community. The work is based upon a comparison of several original Mandaic manuscripts; therefore it includes contextual corrections and completions for previous works, even the German translation by Prof. Dr. Mark Lidzbarski.
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