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

该项目旨在以所有手稿为基础准备一个评论版，其中包括对曼丹语Diuan Abatur的翻译和评论。作为曼德拉文学创作的主要作品之一，它讲述了灵魂在来世的命运。在三年的研究中，将实现以下目标：准备一个批评性的学术版本，对文本进行语言分析，对神话动机进行注释，突出文本的宗教和历史背景，在曼达文学的背景下，评估曼达与犹太教、东方基督教、琐罗亚斯德教和诺斯替教的交叉。由于迪安·阿巴图尔的手稿中有大量插图，这项研究还将考虑其肖像方案，并将分析曼德亚绘画的特点。

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.