[Gutenberg 60468] • Devil Worship: The Sacred Books and Traditions of the Yezidiz by Joseph, Isya -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Transcriber’s Notes DEVIL WORSHIP THE SACRED BOOKS AND TRADITIONS OF THE YEZIDIZ

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE ORIGIN OF THE MANUSCRIPT

NOTES ON THE INTRODUCTION

PART I THE TRANSLATION OF THE ARABIC TEXT

PREFACE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V

Mashaf Reš (The Black Book)

APPENDIX TO PART I

THE POEM IN PRAISE OF ŠEIḪ ‘ADÎ Peace Be unto Him THE PRINCIPAL PRAYER OF THE YEZIDIS

SEVEN CLASSES OF YEZIDIS

ARTICLES OF FAITH

NOTES ON PART I

PART II THE CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF YEZIDISM

CHAPTER I The Religious Origin of the Yezidis

I The Yezidi Myth II The Christian Tradition III The Speculative Theories of Western Orientalists IV The Dogmatic View of Mohammedan Scholars

NOTES ON CHAPTER I CHAPTER II The Essential Elements in Yezidism

I The Yezidi View of God II The Deity of the Second Degree

NOTES ON CHAPTER II CHAPTER III Other Deities and Festivals

I The So-Called Seven Divinities II The Day of Sarsal

NOTES ON CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV Sacraments, Religious Observances and Sacerdotal System

I Sacraments II Some Other Religious Practices III The Sacerdotal Orders

NOTES ON CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V Their Customs

I Marriage II Funerals III Nationality IV Locality V Dwellings VI The Language VII Occupation

NOTES ON CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI List of the Yezidi Tribes

CHAPTER VII Persecution NOTES ON CHAPTER VII

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Kurdish Turkish English French German Latin

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