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Miriai or Meryey (Classical Mandaic: ࡌࡉࡓࡉࡀࡉ) was a Jewish woman who converted to Mandaeism in Mandaean scriptures. Miriai is one of the most important figures in the Mandaean Book of John, which contains detailed stories and speeches of Miriai in chapters 34 and 35. Miriai lived in a Jewish village next to a Mandaean village in Palestine during the first century CE. According to the Mandaean Book of John, she was a contemporary of Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist.