Mandâ de hajjê, [54], [192]

Mandæi, [54], [120], [165], [192], [273]–82

Manu, [131], [134]

Marduk, [49], [54], [56], [63], [72]–5, [120]

Maria (Mary), [83], [116]–17, [239]

Mediator, Mithras, [38];
Spenta Armaiti, [47];
in Mandaism, [54]–5;
in early Judaism, [55]–9;
Agni, [113];
Hermes, [115]

Melchisedek, [134]

Melkart, [64], [77]

Men, [61], [126], [134]

Messiah, as king, [40];
influenced by Persian thought, [40]–3;
Nazarene, [61]; sufferings of, [64]–87;
birth of, [88]–117;
servant of God, [188];
identification with Jesus, [205]–9, [236]–9, [245], [264]