Note 110 — XXVIII THE STAR-WORSHIPPERS OF MESOPOTAMIA [103]

The first printed and translated edition of the Sidra Rabba was by Math. Norberg (Copenhagen, 1815-16), but it is said to be so defective that it is quite useless critically; Petermann reproduced the Paris MSS. in two volumes at Leipsic, 1867. Besides the Sidra Rabba there are: Sidra d’Yaheya or Book of St. John, also called Drasche d’Malek (discourse of the King); The Diwan; The Sidra Neshmata, or book of souls; and last, but not least, the books of the zodiac called Asfar Malwashee. Except for the small portion of the Sidra Rabba found in Brandt’s recently published Mandäische Schriften (1895) all of the above still await critical study and editing.