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Heirs to forgotten kingdoms : journeys into the disappearing religions of the Middle East Cover Image Book Book

Heirs to forgotten kingdoms : journeys into the disappearing religions of the Middle East

Russell, Gerard. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780465030569
  • ISBN: 0465030564
  • Physical Description: print
    xxix, 320 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Basic Books, 2014.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographic references (pages 281-300) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction -- Mandaeans -- Yazidis -- Zoroastrians -- Druze -- Samaritans -- Copts -- Kalasha -- Epilogue: Detroit.
Summary, etc.: Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucifer in the form of a peacock, and yet another believes that their followers are reincarnated beings who have existed in various forms for thousands of years. These religions represent the last vestiges of the magnificent civilizations in ancient history: Persia, Babylon, Egypt in the time of the Pharaohs. Their followers have learned how to survive foreign attacks and the perils of assimilation. But today, with the Middle East in turmoil, they face greater challenges than ever before.

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Subject: Kalasha (Afghanistan people)
Copts
Samaritans
Druzes
Zoroastrians
Yezidis
Mandaeans
Religious minorities -- Middle East
Middle East -- Religion
Russell, Gerard -- Travel -- Middle East

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