The Nuṣayrī - 'Alawīs: An Introduction to the Religion, History and Identity of the Leading Minority in Syria

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17892-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 77, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 706 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

Friedman offers new and updated research on the Nusayri-‘Alawi sect, today a leading group in Syria, covering a variety of aspects and focusing on the Middle Ages. A century after Dussaud's Histoire et religion des Nosairîs (1900), he reviews the history and religion of the sect in the light of old documents used by orientalists in the nineteenth century, documents that became available in the twentieth century, and later sources of the Nusayri-‘Alawi sect published most recently in Lebanon. Also studied in depth for the first time is the question of the identity of the sect through the ‘Alawi-Sunni-Shi‘i triangle.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Friedman, Yaron

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen Andere Religionen orientalischer Herkunft

Über Autor(innen)

Yaron Friedman received his doctorate from the Sorbonne in 2006. He lectures in Middle Eastern Studies and teaches Arabic in Israel. He has published previously in Studia Islamica, Der Islam and Encyclopedia Iranica.