Monte Singar

Storia di un popolo ignoto

Edited and Translated by Samuele Giamil

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This volume contains the Syriac text, with Italian translation, of a catechetical work on the beliefs and practices of the Yezidis based on a manuscript in the Monastery of Rabban Hormizd.

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SKU (ISBN): 978-1-61719-042-1

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Series: Syriac Studies Library 70

Publication Date: Mar 27,2012

Interior Color: Black

Trim Size: 6 x 9

Page Count: 172

Language: Italian

ISBN: 978-1-61719-042-1

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This volume contains the Syriac text of a catechetical work on the Yezidis edited and translated into Italian by Samuele Giamil. The text was copied for the author from a manuscript in the Monastery of Rabban Hormizd. The work is divided into ten sections dealing with the beliefs and practices of the Yezidis, including their doctrine of God, Adam, Yezidi saints and kings, marriage, death and burial customs, pilgrimage, and festivals. In addition to the Syriac text and Italian translation, the author has included several notes to the text. The book will be of obvious interest to scholars of the religions of Iraq.

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INDICE (page 7)
ALL'AMICO LETTORE (page 9)
DOTTRINA E PRATICHE SEMIPAGANE DEL POPOLO YASIDIANO (page 17)

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