carlos Gelbert

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Carlos Gelbert (born 1948) is an Australian writer and translator. He is best known for publishing the first full-length English translations of the Ginza Rba (2011) and Mandaean Book of John (2017) together with Mark J. Lofts. Gelbert has also translated the Ginza Rba (2021) into Arabic, as well as Mandaean Prayers and Hymns, a 2002 Arabic translation of the first 103 prayers of the Qulasta along with the original Mandaic text. In 2025, Gelbert published a full English translation of the Qulasta with Mark J. Lofts.

Biography

Gelbert was born in 1948{{cite web | title=94979420 | website=VIAF | date=2013-09-16 | url=https://viaf.org/viaf/94979420/ | access-date=2023-10-03}} in Basra, Iraq. During the Saddam Hussein era, he moved to Germany, where he worked as a teacher and occupational therapist.{{cite web | title=About The Author | website=Living Water Books | url=https://livingwaterbooks.com.au/about-the-author/ | access-date=2024-05-17}} Gelbert immigrated to Australia in the 1990s and currently resides in the Sydney metropolitan area.{{cite book|last=Gelbert|first=Carlos|title=The Mandaeans and the Jews|publisher=Living Water Books|publication-place=Edensor Park, NSW|year=2005|isbn=0-9580346-2-1|oclc=68208613}}

Books authored

Below is a list of books authored by Gelbert.{{cite web | title=Gelbert, Carlos | website=National Library of Australia |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog?q=%22Gelbert%2C+Carlos%2C+1948-%22&search_field=author | access-date=2023-10-03}}{{cite web | title=Living Water Books | url=https://livingwaterbooks.com.au/shop/ | access-date=2023-10-03}}

=[[Mandaean texts]]=

2002. Mandaean Prayers and Hymns. {{ISBN|9780958034609}}. (Arabic; Mandaic in original script)
2011. Ginza Rba. {{ISBN|9780958034630}}. (English; co-edited with Mark J. Lofts){{cite book |url=https://livingwaterbooks.com.au/product/ginza-rba/ |last1=Gelbert |first1=Carlos |title=Ginza Rba |year=2011 |publisher=Living Water Books |location=Sydney |isbn=9780958034630}}
2017. The Teachings of the Mandaean John the Baptist. {{ISBN|9780958034678}}. (English; co-edited with Mark J. Lofts){{cite book|last1=Gelbert|first1=Carlos|url=https://livingwaterbooks.com.au/product/john-the-baptist/|title=The Teachings of the Mandaean John the Baptist|isbn=9780958034678|location=Fairfield, NSW, Australia|publisher=Living Water Books|year=2017|oclc=1000148487}}
2021. Ginza Rba. {{ISBN|9780648795407}}. (Arabic; Mandaic transliterated in Arabic script){{cite book|last1=Gelbert|first1=Carlos|url=https://livingwaterbooks.com.au/product/ginza-rba-2/|title=گینزا ربَّا = Ginza Rba|lang=ar|location=Edensor Park, NSW, Australia|publisher=Living Water Books|year=2021|isbn=9780648795407}}
2025. The Qulasta. {{ISBN|9780648795438}}. (English; co-edited with Mark J. Lofts){{cite book |last=Gelbert |first=Carlos |last2=Lofts |first2=Mark J. |date=2025 |title=The Qulasta |location=Edensor Park, NSW |publisher=Living Water Books |isbn=978-0-6487954-3-8}}

=Mandaeism=

2003. A Letter to My Son. {{ISBN|9780958034616}}.
2005. The Mandaeans and the Jews. {{ISBN|9780958034623}}.
2009. Jesus whose other name was Joash. Austin Macauley Publishers. {{ISBN|9781905609826}}.
2013. The Mandaeans (Last Gnostics) and the Christians in the time of Jesus Christ. {{ISBN|9780958034647}}. (discusses the history of the Mandaeans in Edessa during Late Antiquity)
2018. An Authentic Collection of Mandaean Stories and Fairy Tales. {{ISBN|9780958034685}}.
2023. The Key to All the Mysteries of Ginza Rba. {{ISBN|9780648795414}}. (glossary of more than 144 alphabetically arranged subjects)

=Novels=

;English

2001. Stories of Marriage and Love. {{ISBN|9780646416601}}.
2014. The Daughter of The God Jupiter. {{ISBN|9780958034654}}.
2016. Those Who Love and Those Who Die. {{ISBN|9780958034661}}.

;German

1995. Ruth und Sarah. Aulendorf: Verlag Eppe GmbH. {{ISBN|9783890893594}}.
1996. Amadeus oder Ich liebe Gott. Aulendorf: Verlag Eppe GmbH. {{ISBN|9783890893617}}.
1996. Zeit der Lieblosigkeit. Aulendorf: Verlag Eppe GmbH. {{ISBN|9783890893600}}.