Diwan Abatur: A text on the otherworldly journey of the soul according to the beliefs of the Mandaeans. Edition, translation, commentary

该项目的目的是根据所有手稿编写一个批评性版本，并附有对曼丹语Diuan Abatur的翻译和评论。作为曼达文学作品的主要作品之一，它涉及灵魂在来世的命运。在三年的研究中，将完成以下目标：准备一个批判性的学术版本，对文本进行语言分析，对神话动机进行注释，在曼达语文学的背景下突出文本的宗教和历史背景，评估曼达语与犹太教、东方基督教、琐罗亚斯德教和诺斯替教的交叉。由于Diuan Abatur的手稿中有大量插图，该研究还将考虑到其图像学方案，并将分析曼达恩绘画的特征。

The project aims to prepare a critical edition based upon all manuscripts with a translation and a commentary of the Mandaean Diuan Abatur. Being one of the major works of Mandaean literary production it deals with the fate of the soul in the afterlife. In the three years of research the following objectives will be accomplished: the preparation of a critical scholarly edition, the linguistic analysis of the text, the annotation of mythological motives, the highlighting of the religious and historical background of the text in the context of the Mandaean literature, the evaluation of Mandaean intersections with Judaism, Oriental Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Gnosticism. As the manuscripts of Diuan Abatur are abounding in illustrations the study will also take into account its iconographical programme and will analyse the features of the Mandaean drawings.