Devil Worship (Joseph)

Devil Worship: The Sacred Books and Traditions of the Yezidiz  (1919)  by Isya Joseph

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Front Cover

Front Matter

• Series
• Frontispiece
• Title
• Edition
• Dedication
• Contents
• Half Title

Body Matter

• Introduction—The Origin of the Manuscript
• Part I. The Translation of the Arabic Text
  • Preface, in the Name of the Most Compassionate God
  • I. Al-Jilwah—The Revelation
    • Chapter I.
  • II. Mashaf Res—The Black Book
  • III. Appendix to Part I
  • IV. The Poem in Praise of Šeiḫ ‘Adî
  • V. The Principal Prayer of the Yezidis
  • VI. Seven Classes of Yezidis
  • VII. The Articles of Faith
• 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 and the Writer's Own Explanation

Back Matter

• Bibliography
• Index

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