Who's right - the Nazoreans or Christianity?
The Nazoreans vs the teachings of Paul/ Christianity
Topics of Comparison
Nazoreans Paul/ Christianity
Blood sacrifice No Yes
God makes covenants with man No Yes
John's purpose introduce Jesus as Messiah No Yes
Jesus was/ is Messiah No Yes
Bible is the inspired Word of God No Yes
Believes in the OT priesthood No Yes
Jesus was born of a virgin No Yes
Jesus was God incarnate No Yes
Salvation = going to Heaven and not Hell No Yes
Salvation is by grace through faith No Yes
Salvation = by sacrificial death of Jesus No Yes
Everyone goes to heaven or hell for eternity No Yes
Doctrines based on the revelations of Paul No Yes
The Prophets foretold the future No Yes
Literal personal Devil - Satan No Yes
Existence of spirit-demons No Yes
Casting out of demons No Yes
Gift of Healing No Yes
Gift of Miracles No Yes
Gift of Tongues No Yes
Gift of Interpretation of Tongues No Yes
Gift of Prophecy No Yes
Prophecy is telling the future No Yes
Sacrificed animals in ancient times No Yes
Efficacy of the scapegoat No Yes
Original Sin No Yes
Circumcision as per Abraham No Yes
Deacons, pastors, bishops, presbyters, etc No Yes
Jesus is Lord and Savior No Yes
God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit No Yes
Holy Spirit is Positive No Yes
Abraham is father of the faith No Yes
Divine Sacraments No Yes
Jesus will return No Yes
Jesus is Christ or Messiah No Yes
Being in the spirit No Yes
Doctrine of Messiah No Yes
Rituals are a positive activity No Yes
The Lord’s Supper No Yes
Lord & King both Jesus and God No Yes
Tithing for salaries and bldg projects No Yes
Okay to eat meat sacrificed to idols No Yes
Believes it is okay to eat meat No Yes
Christian slaves should work extra hard No Yes
Christians can own slaves No Yes
Slavery is permitted No Yes
Men and women have equal standing No Yes
Women created for men and not vice versa No Yes
Women not permitted to speak in meetings No Yes
Women submit to husbands as to Christ No Yes
Women wear head covering as a sign No Yes
Prophets job was to establish the Way Yes No
Mission to render aid to those in need Yes No
Salvation is aid given to those in need Yes No
Savior = God and those who render aid Yes No
Does not believe in slavery for any reason Yes No
No religion, race, gender, or sect is superior Yes No
Mankind is ancient (millions of years) Yes No
Believes strong drinks avoided at all times Yes No
Politics and war should be avoided Yes No
ARAMAIC GLOSSARY of Nazorean-Aramaic Terms
Abba - Intimate Father
Abun - Our Father
Adam Kasia, Adakias - An archetypal portrayal
of the perfect man
Alaha - A word meaning God
Alahia - A word meaning Gods
Alma - Age or eternity
Almayya - Worlds, usually outer worlds of darkness
Ama - People or nation
Amanil -Immanuel, Aumen-el
Amar - to say
Amrakhmane - the Merciful
Amarit - Mother Earth
Amin - Faithful One.A title for God
Amta - Maiden
Amun'il - Faithful One
Anana - Cloud, spouse
Andashta - Meditation
Andreus - Andrew
Anhura - Light. Lunar light
Aniuta - Answer, response
Anpia - Face, early dawn
Ara - the Earth
Asartha - Pentecost
Asia - He healed, healer
Asian - Healers
Asmata - Glittering shining star light
Avnaya - Children
Ba - (Ab). The Great Father - Abba
Baba - Gate, portal, sect
Baita - The House (this world)
Bar - Son of…
Barabbas - Son of the Father
Barnabas - Son of encouragement or Son of Prophecy
Barnasha - Son of Man; a man; a human being
Barsabbas - Son of the Sabbath
Bartholomew - Son of Ptolomey or Son of the Ploughman
Baruka - Blesser
Basqarta - Knowledge, acquaintance
Bataya - Householder, married house-dweller
Benai Reges - Sons of anger
Benaya - stones
Bethany - House of Dates
Beth-Lekhem - Bethlehem
Bethsaida - House of Fishermen
Bethzatha - Pool of the Miracle
Bhir, Bhira - Elect, chosen
Birqa - Flash of Lightning
Bit Ginzia - Library
Bit Mqadsia - Jewish Temple
Bit Nitupta - House of Pre-existence
Bnia-Amin - Temple Order on Mt Karmel
Boanerges - Sons of Thunder
Braka - Benediction
Bria - Natural condition, health
Bura - Uncultivated land or person
Bustambaya - Farmer, head gardener
Butha - Petition, prayer, a section in the Book of Devotions
Buzrana - Semen, seed
Cephas - Stone
Da - Dirka - "the way" or "law". Dharma
Dakata - Purity
Dakeyn b’lebhun - Pure in their heart
Dakia - Pure, clean
DanyIyl - Daniel
Daraga - Portal
Diqata - Visions, appearances, dreams
Dirga - Steps, degrees
Dirga d-Nazirutha - 32°'s Degrees of Nazirutha
Dirka - Way, road, path
Dirka dHiya - Road of Life
Disa - Rapture, door, entrance
Diwan - Scroll
Dmu, Dmut - Double, counterpart, twin, likeness, archetype
Dmut Hiya - Heavenly Mother, counterpart of Life
Dna, Dania - Prostrate, submission, worship
Drabsha - A banner, standard. Also a ray of light
Drasha - Teaching, doctrine, chant
Dukhrana - Mention, remembrance by mentioning
Dukia - Ritual cleanliness, purity
Dumaya - Angel of Death
EliYa - Elijah
Eliyshaba - Elizabeth
EramiYa - Jeremiah
EshaYa - Isaiah
Eesho, Eshu, Oshu, Osu - Yeshu (Jesus)
Eshu Natsraya - Jesus the Nasorean
Eh - ("This Letter is so sacred that it is not
much employed. It represents the Eye of God.")
Ephphatha - Be opened
Frash - A stream or river of life, possibly Siah river
on Carmel
Ga - (I) : Gauriil Ishliha - "Gabriel the Messenger."
(II):Gimra anat Gmira - "Perfection you are Perfect."
Gabbatha - Stone pavement
Gabaya - The Chosen
Galila - Galilee
Galyuta - Revelation, clarity, revealed and hidden things
Gauaya - Inner, esoteric
Gdada - White cloth to insulate contamin-
ation or protect from contamination
Gehenna - Garbage dump
Gelyana - Revelation
Gibia - Chosen people
Ginat 'dania - Garden of Eden
Ginaya - Gardener, vegetable dealer
Ginia - Edible root
Ginta - Garden
Ginza Rba - - the great treasure, the main
sacred scroll of the Nazura consisting of a
left and right side, one for the living and one
for the deceased
Ginzi - A scripture
Golgotha - place of the skull
Gumarta - Consecrated host, wafer
Gupna - Vine
Ha - (I): Hiia rbia. "The Great Life" (II): Hibil Ziwa
Habhab - Watermelon
Habib - Beloved
Habra - Friend
Habshaba, Habsaba - First Day of the Week
Hakima - Wise
Halalta - purification, rinsing, washing
Hallali - A ritually and racially pure Mandaean
Hamira - Yeast, leavened bread
Hannakah - Dedication
Hawa - Eve
Hayasa - Compassionate
Haymanutha - Faith
Hayya Rba - Great Life and the Wondrous Living Ones
Hayya, Hiya, Hiia - Life and the Living Ones
Hazaya - Seer, onlooker
Herudes - Herod
Hibil - Hibil-Ziwa the Primal man and consort -
of Zahriel. (Yeshua the Nazorean)
Hikla - Temple, palace
Hilma - Dreams
Hilqa - Fate, karma
Hiwia - Serpent
Hizwa - Apparition, vision
Hosanna - Praise
Hshukha - Darkness
Htam - To seal, bind, close
Hudayya - Jews
Hukumta - Wisdom, cleverness
Ingirtha - Letter, a message in portable form
Iskhaq - Isaac
IysraIyl - Israel
Ka - (I) Klila - "The Myrtle Wreath". (II) Kushta - "Truth,
right-dealing, righteous"
Kana - A recepticle, congregation, The Assembly
Karimia, Karmla, Karimla - Mt Carmel
Kaspa - the Money
Kathaba - Scripture; book
Kawila - Ark
Kenushathhun - Synagogues/ Assemblies
Kenutha - Righteousness
Khanana - Mercy
Khaye - Life
Kiana - Essence, nature
Kibnata - Robes, cloth
Kidin - Yoked
Kimsa - A term denoting the Pleromah (fulness)
Consummation
Kina - Storeroom, container, reservoir
Kinsha - Assembly, congregation
Kinta - Community, constitution, gathering place
Khalpai - Alphaeus, Alpheus
Klula - Veil, fulness, perfection
Korban - A gift to God
Kowbain - Debt
Kukba - Star
Kushtana - Sincere, having integrity. honest
La - (I) Lishan - "the tongue which praises."
Lahma (Lakhma) - Bread
Lalaitha - Lilith
Laqab - Worldly "legal" name. (See Malwasha)
Lebbaeus - Heart
Liba - Heart, mind, thought, center
Liliuk - Elijah; Interpreter of Dreams
Lulita (Simat Hiya) - wife of Liliuk (Elijah)
Luqa - Luke
Ma - Mana Rba Kabira. - "The Great First Mind
or Soul"
Madna - Rising sign, ascendant
Magdala-Nunnaya - Fish Tower
Magushe - The Magi
Mahiana - Life giving savior
Makiyke - the Humble
Malala - Word, speech. Logos
Malia - Abundance, fullness
Malka, malaka - King, angel, spirit of Power
Malpana - Teacher
Malphanatha - Doctrine; Wisdom message
Malwasha - The religious name of the Zodiac.
"Real" Spiritual name
Mama - Mother. Mommy
Mamia - Word, sermon
Mamitran - Awakener, arouser
Mammon - Greed
Mana - Mind, spirit, vessel, entity
Manda - Knowledge. a cult-hut
Mandai, Mandaya - The worship of Manda d
Hiia , the Great Life
Mandaic - The Nazorean Aramaic language
Manharana, manhirana - Illuminator, enlightener
Mapiqta - Departure, death
Mar - Lord
Maran - Our Lord
Marana tha - Our Lord, Come or Our Lord has come
Marba - Womb
Margna - The Ritual Staff, made of olive-wood. or Willow
Mariam - Mary
Markabta - Ship, chariot, heavenly orbs
Marqus - Mark
Martha - Lady
Masbana - Baptizer
Masbuta - Baptism
Masihta - Measured, annointing
Maskna, Mashkna - House of Worship = Manda,
Sanctuary
Masqana - Means of ascent
Maswetta - A Mystical triple Immersion
Matrana - Awakener
Mattai - Matthew
Matu - Mercy
Maya - Waters
Mayaya - Fulfiller, fulness
Mayirana - Awakener
Mazruta - Semen, seed, sowing
Melikta - to measure or form
Memra - the Word
Mia-Hayya - Water of Life
Mika - Soft, mild, meek
Miltha - Word
Mimra - Speech, saying, talk, discourse
Mimra dbaira - An iluminating word
Miryai - Mary of Magdalene
Miskina - Poor
Misra - A furrow to shut out pollution
Mitia - Parable
Mitsriyn - Egypt
Miwia - Wholesome fruits
Mrum - Heaven, sky
Msadrana - Organizer, reformer, setter in order
Msauzbana - Savior, deliverer
Mshunia Kustha - Paradise
Mura - Authority
Murah - Myrrh
Murqa - Purging, cleansing
Na - Nhura - "Light"
Nabi - Prophet
Nabiye dagale - False prophets
Nagara - the Carpenter/ Craftsman
Nahra, Nuhra - Breath, breathing
Naqia - Clean
Nasra - Holy Books
Natsraya - Nazoreans
Nazam - Disciplined, orderly
Naziruta, Nazirutha - Esoteric knowledge, gnosis
Nazuraya - Nazoreans, skilled in secret knowledge
Nbiha - Prophet
Nhashta - Whispered or secret prayer
Nhimta - Resurrection, revival, restoration
Nhura, Nahira, nahur (Noohra) - Light. Opposite
of Ziwa. Equivalent to the Taoist "Yin". Soft lunar light
Nishimta - Higher soul
Nuhra - Light
Nuhreh d’alma - Light of the World
Nukh - Noah
`,O - Ain - "the Eye or Fountain" or wellspring.
O (A) - the Highest of all - Perfection, Light and Life,
the beginning and end of all things
Odana - Eden
Olana - Tree
Oma, 'ma - Mother
Omanuta - Calling, craft, stewardship
Omd - Baptism in dead water
Oria - The awakened ones. Buddhas
Oruta, 'ruta - Enlightenment, illumination,
wakefulness (See naziruta)
Osu, Oshu, 'su - Yeshua (Jesus)
Otit - Destined, foreordained
Oura - Glory, light, splendor (sun)
Outra - Aeon, heavenly spirits
Pa - Pira anat Haiy - "You are the tree of Life"
Paulis - Deceiver, Paul
Panja - The five (days) before the New Year
Pardasa - Paradise
Pardisa - Pleasure gardens
Paruqa - Deliverer
Pascha - Passover
Pheletha - Parable
Philipus - Philip
Phrishe - Pharisees
Pirsha - Daybreak
Piyyutim - hymns
Plugia - Discord, separation, quarrel
Prishuta - Discernment
Ptahil - Fourth Life and creator of the physical world
Purqana - Deliverance, redemption
Qa - Qala anat qadmaiia d' Hiia -. "Thou art
the first cry of Life"
Qabalta - Acceptance (Kabbalah, Qabbalah)
Qabin - Marriage contract
Qadmonia - Primeaval, ancient, first
Qala - Noise; Voice
Qashish - Elder, revered,old, ancient
Qashta - Rainbow
Qayamta - Dedicatory prayer (61 times for crown).
Resurrection, restoration
Qinta - Female singer slaves. Second wife of
John the Baptist
Qleyupha - Cleophas, Cleopa, or Clopas
Qurbana - Gift, sacrifice, offering
Ra - Rabai
Rabi - Teacher; Rabbi, Professor
Rabboni - My teacher
Rahma - Love, friend, mercy
Rahmia - Devotions Celebrated three times
(or seven) every day
Rahmuta - Compassion
Raka (Raca) - Empty one
RakhIyl - Rachel
Rasta - The ritual dress, always white. Made of
natural material. Embroidered with silver and
gold thread at death
Ratna - Modern Mandaean colloquial dialect
Razia, raz - Mystery, secret
Rbuta - Pride, arrogance
Rhum - Rome
Riasia - Chief men
Riha - Scent, perfume, incense
Rimza - Secret token or sign
Riqan - Void, empty, naked, bare
Rish - Head, first
Rishaya - Person in authority
Ruha - The middle "soul" in humans. More
emotional than the higher Nishimta soul,
and less selfish than the lower Nephesh
soul. This is the Ruach of the Qabbalah
and the Ba of the Egyptians
Rukha d’Qudsha - The Spirit of Holiness
Ruta - Illumination
Ruyana - Meditation, consideration, pondering
Sa - A roll or scroll for bread used in ritual
meals for the dead
S'a - S'auta abar qadmaiia. "Thou art the
First Voice (sound)"
Sa - Simat Hiia - "the mother of all life"
Sadra - Sacred Shirt
Sangara - Backbiter, accuser
Sauma - Fast
Sauma d-sidqa - Fast (vow) of Silence
Sayama - Ascetic, abstainer
Sebar - to reason
Serta - stroke or dash in Aramaic
Shahr - Keep vigil
Shalmana - Peaceful, righteous, honest
Shalum - Salome
Shamish - Sun
Shania - Remote, transcendent, wonderful, strange
Shapta - Saturday
Sharaita - Opening, consecration
Sharuya - Releaser, redeemer
Shganda - Acolyte, servant (lit. "messenger")
Shikinta, S'kinta - Dwelling place, monastery,
cult center. Residence. (Shekinah)
Shim - Shem
Shimeun - Simon/ Simeon
Shiryata - Deconsecration prayer
Shith - Seth
Shlaha - Emissary of light
Shlama - Peace; Peace be with you
Shlikha/ Shlikhe (plural) - Messenger; Emmisary
Shmaya - Heavens; skies
Shuba - Seven (planets)
Shubaya - Week
Sidqa - Silence
Sihma - Shining
Simat Hiya - Treasury of Life
Simta - Treasure
Sin - Moon
Sindirka - Palm tree, dates
Sipra - Book, codex
Sirata - the Song
Skulta - Inadvertant mistake
Sulita - Atone, purify
T'a - (I) Tab - "Good" (pronounced Tau) (II) "It is
a bird representing the soul leaving the body
to return"
Ta - Toba - "repentance"
Tab, Tub - Wholesome, good
Tabitha - Gazelle
Tabta - Healthy food
Taybutha - grace; favor
Talitha koum - Little girl… arise
Tamusata - Submersion
Tena - Repeat
Teoma - Twin (Tomas)
Thaddeus - Breast
Thubu - Repent
Tibil - A name for the world
Tubanya - Blessed Ones, saints
Tupsa - Type, archetype, symbol, prototype
Tura - Mountain
Urishlim - Jerusalem
'Uthra - A good Spirit. Archangel. Bodhisattva/Buddha
Wa - "Weyli!" (Wailh). "Woe to him who listens
not to the language of light!"
Ya - (I) Yowmono - "the day" (II) Yamin - "the right"
- the right is symbolic of Light
Yadita - Knowledge
Yahra - Month
Yalufa - A Disciple. A literate person
Yaqub - Jacob
Yardana, Jordon - Any stream or river of life
Yardna - Running water, river, a pool of flowing water
Yarqana, Yurqa - Produce
Yawar - Solar Divinity (3rd Envoy)
Yehuda - Judah
Yehuwah - Yahweh
Yerikhu - Jericho
Yohanna - John
Yud - smallest Aramaic letter
Yukhan - Joann
Yukhanan Mamdana - John the Baptizer
Yum, Yuma - Day
Yuma dSauma - Fast day
Yurdnan Nahra - The Jordan River
Yuseph - Joseph
Yusi - Jose/ Yose
Za - Ziwa. " Radiance, splendid and active Light"
Zabday - Zebedee
Zadiq - Just, righteous, sacred, holy
Zaduqaye - Sadducees
Zahir - Shining
Zahriel - Wife of Hibul Ziwa (Miryai)
Zakarya - Zechariah
Zakia, Zakaya - Innocent, pure
Zanga - Bell
Zangaya - Bell Ringer
Zarvan - Personified Time, a name of God
from Zaruthustrianism
Zatan - Satan
Zawa - Spouse
Zawihta - Radiance
Zhap - A name given to the hill of Carmel
Zhara - Brilliance, glory, splendor (= Jewish Zohar)
Zhir, Zhira - Illuminated
Zhirayta - Rubrics (name insertions in liturgy)
Zibna - Time
Zidqa - Ritual meals for the deceased
Zidqa brikha - A ritual meal for the dead
Zihvat Aina - Quivering wellspring
Zimya - Curbed, restrained
Ziqpa - Rising of stars
Zira - Seed, semen, offspring
Ziwa - A form of male light. Radiant like the sun.
Opposite of Noohra. Equivalent to the Taoist "Yang"