Question

A “scroll of Great Revelation” recounts the history of a religious group named for this concept. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this concept from which the Mandaeans get their name. It’s not Christianity, but early texts from an esoteric belief system named for this concept that venerates “the One” were found at the Nag Hammadi library.
ANSWER: knowledge [or gnosis; accept Gnosticism]
[10h] Mandaeans revere God through a “living” form of this thing called “yardena.” Early Indo-Iranians venerated a “child” of this thing called Apām Napāt.
ANSWER: water [or mia; accept living water or mia hiia]
[10e] Mandaeans revere water because it is used for the baptism ritual first performed by this New Testament figure with Jesus.
ANSWER: John the Baptist [or Yuhana Maṣbana]
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Bard ARowan A1001020
Princeton AHaverford A001010
Rutgers AJohns Hopkins B001010
Penn BPenn A001010
Penn State AColumbia A1001020
Penn State BRutgers C001010
Purdue AIndiana A1001020
MiamiUIUC D1001020
Notre DameNorthwestern A1001020
Purdue BSIUE A001010
WashU CPurdue C001010
UChicago DIndiana B001010
UIUC AUChicago C1001020
UIUC BWashU B001010
UChicago BUIUC C001010
CWRU A (UG)Ohio State C (DII)1001020
Kenyon A (UG)CWRU C (UG)001010
Kenyon B (DII)CWRU D (DII)1001020
CWRU B (UG)Michigan C (UG)001010
Michigan State C (UG)Michigan D (DII)100010
Pitt AMichigan State A1001020
Michigan State B (UG)Pitt B (UG)001010
Michigan AOhio State A (UG)1001020
Michigan BOhio State B (DII)001010
Johns Hopkins AColumbia B001010
MissouriIowa001010
Oregon StateMcGill E001010
Texas CColorado College1001020
Texas AVassar A1001020
Vassar BTexas D001010
NYU BWUSTL A100010
UF DFlorida Tech A001010
Florida State University AUCF A001010
UF BUCF B1001020
UF EUF F001010
Bristol ACambridge A001010
Imperial ACambridge B1001020
Cambridge CManchester1001020
Cambridge DSouthampton A1001020
DurhamBirmingham1001020
Warwick AImperial B001010
LSE AOxford A1001020
Oxford BSouthampton B1001020
Mississippi StateCentral Oklahoma001010