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 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. . (Arabic; Mandaic in original script) 2011. Ginza Rba. . (English; co-edited with Mark J. Lofts) 2017. The Teachings of the Mandaean John the Baptist. . (English; co-edited with Mark J. Lofts) 2021. Ginza Rba. . (Arabic; Mandaic transliterated in Arabic script) 2025. The Qulasta. . (English; co-edited with Mark J. Lofts)
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 (Last Gnostics) and the Christians in the time of Jesus Christ. . (discusses the history of the Mandaeans in Edessa during Late Antiquity) 2018. An Authentic Collection of Mandaean Stories and Fairy Tales. . 2023. The Key to All the Mysteries of Ginza Rba. . (glossary of more than 144 alphabetically arranged subjects) 2026. The Gnostic Parallels & Elements of the Nag Hammadi Codices in the 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. . 2025. Darion: The Blue Hare. London: Europe Books. .
German 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. .
Others 2020. My Unordinary Sex Book. . 2024. Why On Earth Him? . 2026. Adolf Hitler & the Golden Shower of Sex. London: Europe Books. .
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Biography (Living Water Books)