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> Also Harran as the location of Mandaean activity is older than the
> diaspora of Alexandrian philosophers and scholars under Sassanian
> patronage at Jundishapur.
I like that - presumably that's what drew the Alexandrian diaspora in -
perhaps already in contact ?
although it was no doubt a big wrench from their home base -
makes a good story - the secret movements of magicians in the ancient
world -
senebty
Mogg
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