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 Rabba (2011) and Mandaean Book of John (2017). Gelbert has also translated the Ginza Rabba (2021) and Qolasta (2002) into Arabic.

Biography

Gelbert was born in 1948^[2] in Basra, Iraq.^[3] He immigrated to Australia in the 1990s and currently resides in the Sydney metropolitan area.^[3][1]

Books authored

Below is a list of books authored by Gelbert.^[4][5]

Mandaean texts

• 2002. Mandaean Prayers and Hymns. ISBN 9780958034609. (Arabic; Mandaic in original script)
• 2011. Ginza Rba. ISBN 9780958034630. (English)^[6]
• 2017. The Teachings of the Mandaean John the Baptist. ISBN 9780958034678. (English)^[1]
• 2021. Ginza Rba. ISBN 9780648795407. (Arabic; Mandaic transliterated in Arabic script)^[7]

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.

Others

• 2020. My Unordinary Sex Book. ISBN 9780958034692.