Carlos Gelbert
Carlos Gelbert is an Australian writer and translator. He is best known for publishing the first full-length English translations of the Ginza Rba and Mandaean Book of John together with Mark J. Lofts. Gelbert has also translated the Ginza Rba 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 in Basra, Iraq. During the Saddam Hussein era, he moved to Germany, where he worked as a teacher and occupational therapist. Gelbert immigrated to Australia in the 1990s and currently resides in the Sydney metropolitan area.Books authored
Below is a list of books authored by Gelbert.[Mandaean texts]
- 2002. Mandaean Prayers and Hymns..
- 2011. Ginza Rba..
- 2017. The Teachings of the Mandaean John the Baptist..
- 2021. Ginza Rba..
- 2025. The Qulasta..
Mandaeism
- 2003. A Letter to My Son..
- 2005. The Mandaeans and the Jews..
- 2009. Jesus whose other name was Joash. Austin Macauley Publishers..
- 2013. The Mandaeans and the Christians in the time of Jesus Christ..
- 2018. An Authentic Collection of Mandaean Stories and Fairy Tales..
- 2023. The Key to All the Mysteries of Ginza Rba..
Novels
;English- 2001. Stories of Marriage and Love..
- 2014. The Daughter of The God Jupiter..
- 2016. Those Who Love and Those Who Die..
- 1995. Ruth und Sarah. Aulendorf: Verlag Eppe GmbH..
- 1996. Amadeus oder Ich liebe Gott. Aulendorf: Verlag Eppe GmbH..
- 1996. Zeit der Lieblosigkeit. Aulendorf: Verlag Eppe GmbH..