Editing Shem (section)

==In Mandaeism==
{{See also|Sam Ziwa}}
In [[Mandaeism|Mandaean]] scriptures such as the [[Ginza Rabba]] and [[Qulasta]], Shem is referred to as  ''Šum'' (or Shum; pronounced in [[Modern Mandaic]] as ''Šom'' (Shom)).<ref name="Häberl 2022">{{cite book | last=Häberl | first=Charles | url=https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781800856271 | title=The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire | location=Liverpool | publisher=Liverpool University Press | date=2022 | isbn=978-1-80085-627-1 | page=10| doi=10.3828/9781800856271 | doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 }}</ref>  Shem is sometimes considered to be the progenitor of the [[Mandaeans]] and a prophet.<ref name=BSN>{{cite web|author=Brikhah S. Nasoraia|title=Sacred Text and Esoteric Praxis in Sabian Mandaean Religion|year=2012|url=http://isamveri.org/pdfdrg/D201813/2012_I/2012_I_NASORAIAB.pdf |page=45}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite book|last=Drower|first=Ethel Stefana|title=The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran|publisher=Oxford At The Clarendon Press|year=1937 |page=186}}</ref>