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Mesopotamiazation of the Jews (2)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Jewish identification with the Chaldaeans 12 Assyrian Identity 12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times 12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources 12.02.03.15 Jewish identification with the Chaldaeans	Keywords Chaldeans Jews
Period Sasanid Empire	Channel Mandean culture

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Mandean texts refer to both Jews and Chaldeans as “Jews”. Both are called Yahuṭai in Mandean scripts, showing that they were considered one nation by the Mandeans. Generally, Nebuchadnezzar is called a Yahuṭai.

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Drower 1937, 287

Drower, Ethel Stefana. The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran. Their cults, customs, magic, legends, and folklore. London: Clarendon Press 1937.

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