Yahya Bihram

Yahya Bihram
ࡉࡀࡄࡉࡀ ࡁࡉࡄࡓࡀࡌ
TitleGanzibra
Personal
Bornc. 1811
Diedlate 1800s
ReligionMandaeism
ChildrenYasmin Bana (daughter), Mhatam (son), and others
ParentAdam Yuhana
Known forRevival of the Mandaean priesthood
Other namesYahia Bihram
OccupationMandaean priest
RelativesRam Zihrun (cousin)
Bibia Mudalal (sister)

Yahya Bihram (also spelled Yahia Bihram; Classical Mandaic: ࡉࡀࡄࡉࡀ ࡁࡉࡄࡓࡀࡌ) was a 19th-century Mandaean priest. Although initially a learned layman (yalufa), he became known for reviving the Mandaean priesthood after a cholera epidemic had killed all living Mandaean priests in 1831. He is mentioned in the colophons of various Mandaean manuscripts.[1]

  1. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (1999). "Glimpses of A Life: Yahia Bihram, Mandaean priest". History of Religions. 39: 32–49. doi:10.1086/463572.

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