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the Descent of Hibil Ziwa narrative is a major Mandaean cosmological text partially preserved in the Book of John alongside the Ginza Rba"], ["ENT_MAN_JOHN_BAPTIST", "SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN", "direct attestation", "The Book of John (Dra\u015fa d-Yahya = \"Teaching of John\") is named for and centrally concerned with John the Baptist as a Mandaean prophet; it contains dialogues, hymns, and narratives in which John receives divine knowledge and instructs the Mandaean community; the primary Mandaean text for the John tradition"], ["ENT_MAN_JORDAN", "SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN", "direct attestation", "The Jordan (Yardna) as the ritual river of baptism is central to the Book of John; John the Baptist's role as the master of baptism (ma\u015fbuta) in living water is the theological heart of the text; the celestial Jordan as the archetypal river of life"], ["ENT_MAN_MANA_RABBA", "SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN", "direct attestation", "Mana Rabba (the Great Mind/Vessel) is documented in the Book of John as the transcendent container of divine light; the concept of the divine vessel (mana) that contains and preserves the light particles is central to Mandaean theology"], ["ENT_MAN_MANDA_D_HAYYI", "SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN", "direct attestation", "Manda d-Hayyi (Knowledge of Life) features centrally in the Book of John as the revealer who descends to the earthly world and interacts with John the Baptist; the \"knowledge of life\" as a redeemer figure who brings gnosis from the Light World"], ["ENT_MAN_MELKA_D_NHURA", "SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN", "direct attestation", "Melka d-Nhura (King of Light) is documented in the Book of John as a Light World sovereign; his relationship to the Great Life and to the material world is part of the Mandaean celestial hierarchy"], ["ENT_MAN_PLANETS", "SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN", "direct attestation", "The Seven Planets (as planetary archons and children of Ruha) are documented in the Book of John's cosmological passages; their role as adversarial cosmic rulers who imprison souls in the material world is part of the Mandaean astrological mythology"], ["ENT_MAN_PTAHIL", "SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN", "direct attestation", "Ptahil (the Mandaean demiurge-creator) appears in the Book of John's creation narratives; his role as the imperfect world-maker sent from the Light World but who produces a flawed material creation"], ["ENT_MAN_RUHA", "SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN", "direct attestation", "Ruha (Spirit/Breath) as the adversarial female figure appears in the Book of John's cosmological passages; her role as the mother of the Seven Planets (planetary archons) and as the adversary of the Light World beings is documented here"], ["ENT_MAN_SITIL", "SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN", "direct attestation", "Sitil (Seth) appears in the Book of John as a primordial patriarch/light being; the Mandaean reception of the biblical Seth as a divine or semi-divine ancestor figure"], ["ENT_MAN_UR", "SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN", "direct attestation", "Ur (the chthonic monster/dragon of darkness) appears in the Book of John's cosmological passages; the primordial darkness that Ptahil encounters and partially defeats in creating the world"], ["ENT_MAN_YUSHAMIN", "SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN", "direct attestation", "Yushamin appears in the Book of John as a demiurgic/lightworld being; 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