The Yezidis: The History of a Community, Culture and Religion Contributor(s): Açikyildiz, Birgül (Author) |
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ISBN: 1784532169 ISBN-13: 9781784532161 Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company OUR PRICE: $31.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2014 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - Religion | Comparative Religion - History | Middle East - General |
Dewey: 299.159 |
Series: Library of Modern Religion |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.75 lbs) 320 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
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Publisher Description: Yezidism is a fascinating part of the rich cultural mosaic of the Middle East. The Yezidi faith emerged for the first time in the twelfth century in the Kurdish mountains of northern Iraq. The religion, which has become notorious for its associations with 'devil worship', is in fact an intricate syncretic system of belief, incorporating elements from proto-Indo-European religions, early Iranian faiths like Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism, Sufism and regional paganism like Mithraism. Birgul Acikyildiz here offers a comprehensive appraisal of Yezidi religion, society and culture. Written without presupposing any prior knowledge about Yezidism, and in an accessible and readable style, her book examines Yezidis not only from a religious point of view but as a historical and social phenomenon. She throws light on the origins of Yezidism, and charts its development and changing fortunes - from its beginnings to the present- as part of the general history of the Kurds. Her book is the first to place Yezidism in its complete geographical setting in Northern Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Transcaucasia. |