The Druzes

Author : Nejla M. Abu Izzeddin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9004097058

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The Druzes by Nejla M. Abu Izzeddin Pdf

When this book was first published in 1984, it was the first extensive study of the Druzes to appear for many years. A small community native only in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, the Druzes have exercised an influence around them greater than their numerical strength. Living for the most part in mountainous territories they have maintained an independent existence for a thousand years. This book places the beliefs of the Druzes in the context of the history of Sh?'ism in its Ism?'?l? form, from which their faith developed. It also describes the role of the Druze community in the history of Lebanon and Syria. In the preparation of this book, the author, a Druze herself, has made use not only of the readily available Arabic and European sources but also of documents and manuscripts that are less easily accessible.

Author : Kais M. Firro
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004491915

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The Druzes in the Jewish State by Kais M. Firro Pdf

Following the war of 1948 Palestine's Druzes became part of the state of Israel. Overwhelmingly rural, they sought to safeguard their community's age-old ethnic independence by holding on to their traditional ethno-religious particularism. Ethnicity and ethnic issues, however, were ready tools for the Zionists in the pursuit of their policy aims vis-à-vis the state's Arab population. Central among these was the cooptation of part of the Druze elite in an obvious effort to alienate the Druzes from the other Arabs - creating "good" Arabs and "bad" Arabs served the Jewish state as a foil for its ongoing policy of dispossession and control. The author painstakingly documents the political, social and economic factors that ensured the "success" of these Zionist policies, but concludes that the fissured identity of Israel's Druzes today bespeaks a feeling of musiba, tragedy, within the community itself.

Author : Philip Khuri Hitti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Druzes
ISBN : UVA:X001689431

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The Origins of the Druze People and Religion by Philip Khuri Hitti Pdf

Author : Kais Firro
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004094377

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A History of the Druzes by Kais Firro Pdf

This book deals with the history of the Druze community using an interdisciplinary approach to describe, analyze, and explain historical events and processes.

Author : Samy Swayd
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442246171

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Historical Dictionary of the Druzes by Samy Swayd Pdf

One of the most intriguing minority groups in the Middle East is now a thousand years old. It emerged in the city of Cairo, spread to what is today Lebanon, Syria, and Israel, and subsequently became known by outsiders as Druze (in Arabic, Durooz, meaning Druzes). Druzes have played a major role in the history of the Middle East and often been misunderstood by neighbors and outsiders because of their esoteric religious doctrine, the secretive nature that such a doctrine has instilled in them, and the variety of perspectives or divisions prevalent among members of the community. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Druzes covers their history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Druzes.

Author : Kais M Firro
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789004661783

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A History of the Druzes by Kais M Firro Pdf

This book deals with the history of the Druze community using an interdisciplinary approach to describe, analyze, and explain historical events and processes.

Author : Samy Swayd
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810870024

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The A to Z of the Druzes by Samy Swayd Pdf

The Druzes are one of the smallest, least studied, and most esoteric religious communities in the Middle East. This is because the Druze teachings remain inaccessible not only to outsiders but also to uninitiated members within the Druze community itself. Furthermore, proselytizing_inducing someone to convert to one's own religious faith_has been prohibited since the establishment of the sect in the 11th century. In order to resist assimilation by the various empires and colonial powers that sought to dominate them_the Byzantines, various Arab dynasties, the Mamluks and Ottomans, the British and French, in addition to the nations that govern them_the Druzes disguise and conceal their beliefs. Therefore, not much is known by outsiders about the Druzes. This dictionary provides nearly 1,000 concise and informative cross-referenced A to Z entries on religious, political, and cultural themes, as well as entries on a number of major families and individuals (artists, writers, diplomats, and leaders) who have contributed to the Druze communities. This volume is also complemented with a chronology, an introductory essay, and a bibliography.

Author : Samy S. Swayd
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Druzes
ISBN : 9780810868366

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The A to Z of the Druzes by Samy S. Swayd Pdf

The Druzes are one of the smallest, least studied, and most esoteric religious communities in the Middle East. This is because the Druze teachings remain inaccessible not only to outsiders but also to uninitiated members within the Druze community itself. Furthermore, proselytizing--inducing someone to convert to one's own religious faith--has been prohibited since the establishment of the sect in the 11th century. In order to resist assimilation by the various empires and colonial powers that sought to dominate them--the Byzantines, various Arab dynasties, the Mamluks and Ottomans, the British and French, in addition to the nations that govern them--the Druzes disguise and conceal their beliefs. Therefore, not much is known by outsiders about the Druzes. This dictionary provides nearly 1,000 concise and informative cross-referenced A to Z entries on religious, political, and cultural themes, as well as entries on a number of major families and individuals (artists, writers, diplomats, and leaders) who have contributed to the Druze communities. This volume is also complemented with a chronology, an introductory essay, and a bibliography.

Author : Sāmī Nasīb Makārim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:468826919

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The Druze Faith by Sāmī Nasīb Makārim Pdf

Author : L. Parsons
Publisher : Springer
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230595989

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The Druze between Palestine and Israel 1947–49 by L. Parsons Pdf

The Palestinian Druze are the only Israeli Arabs who are conscripted into the Israeli army today. Based on Israeli military and political documents, this book looks at the origins of the Druze's unique status in Israeli society by telling the story of the military and political alliance that emerged between the Druze and the Jewish army in the 1948 war.

Author : Philip Khuri Hitti
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1966-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781465546623

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The Origina of the Druze People and Religion With Extracts From Their Sacred Writings by Philip Khuri Hitti Pdf

The Druzes of Syria and the Samaritans of Palestine are two unique communities not to be found elsewhere in the whole world. Like social fossils in an alien environment, these two peoples have survived for hundreds of years in that land rightly described as a "Babel of tongues" and a "museum of nationalities." The Samaritans are the remnants of the tribes from Assyria and Persia who were transplanted by Sargon some seven hundred years before Christ to take the place of the "ten tribes" who were carried into captivity. 1 a They figured in the life of Christ as is illustrated by the case of the "Samaritan woman" and the story of the "good Samaritan." Today they are represented by about one hundred and eighty persons who intermarry among themselves and are becoming rapidly extinct. Their habitat is modern Nāblus (biblical Shechem), and their religion is ancient Judaism mixed with pagan survivals. The Druzes have no such clear record to show regarding their origin as a people and as a sect. Their ethnographical origins, no less than their ritual practices and religious beliefs, are shrouded in mystery. Appearing for the first time on the pages of history at Wādi-al-Taym near Mt. Hermon in anti-Lebanon, as professors of the divinity of the sixth Fāṭimite Caliph in Cairo (996-1020 A.D.), the Druzes have lived their semi-independent lives secluded in their mountain fastnesses of Lebanon, unmindful of the progress of the world around them, and almost entirely forgotten by the outside world. Relation to World Events:—The few occasions throughout their history in which the Druzes attracted international attention were first at the time of the Crusades, when they were entrusted by the Moslems with the military task of guarding the maritime plain against the Franks. They then fought under the banner of Islam and took part in the attacks against the garrisons of Belfort (Qal‘at al-Shaqīf) and of Montfort (Qal‘at Qurayn) in Galilee. Secondly, in the early seventeenth century when their great leader, Fakhr-al-Dīn II (1585-1635), under whom the Druze power reached its zenith, appeared as a refugee from the Sultan of Turkey in the court of the Medicis at Florence. Thirdly, when as a result of their civil wars in 1860 with their Christian neighbors to the north—the Maronites—the French landed a contingent of troops to quell the disturbance which resulted in giving the Lebanon a complete autonomy recognized by the great Powers of Europe. And fourthly, in connection with the recent armed uprising against the French mandate in Syria.

Author : Nissim Dana
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015058125553

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The Druze in the Middle East by Nissim Dana Pdf

A general discussion of the Druze in the Middle East, with a particular focus on the Druze relationship with the State of Israel.

Author : Robert Brenton Betts
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0300048106

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The Druze by Robert Brenton Betts Pdf

Beschrijving van geschiedenis, religie, cultuur, politiek en samenleving van de volksstam die in het grensgebied van Libanon, Israël en Syrië leeft

Author : Charles Henry Churchill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Dayr al-Qamar, Lebanon, Massacre of, 1860
ISBN : BSB:BSB10482970

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The Druzes and the Maronites Under the Turkish Rule from 1840 to 1860 by Charles Henry Churchill Pdf

Author : Gabriel Ben-Dor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Druzes
ISBN : UOM:39015046863935

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The Druzes in Israel by Gabriel Ben-Dor Pdf