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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Russell, Gerard.     Subjects     Russell, Gerard -- Travel -- Middle East.     Religious minorities -- Middle East.     Religions -- Middle East.     Minorities -- Middle East.     Persecution -- Middle East.     Mandaeans.     Yezidis.     Zoroastrians.     Druzes.     Samaritans.     Copts.     Kalasha (Afghanistan people)     Middle East -- Religion.     Middle East -- Religious life and customs.     Middle East -- Description and travel.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Russell, Gerard.       by title:      Heirs to forgotten k...       by call number:      200.956 R963h     Search the Web     Russell, Gerard.     Russell, Gerard -- Travel -- Middle East.     Religious minorities -- Middle East.     Religions -- Middle East.     Minorities -- Middle East.     Persecution -- Middle East.     Mandaeans.     Yezidis.     Zoroastrians.     Druzes.     Samaritans.     Copts.     Kalasha (Afghanistan people)     Middle East -- Religion.     Middle East -- Religious life and customs.     Middle East -- Description and travel.       MARC Display

Heirs to forgotten kingdoms : journeys into the disappearing religions of the Middle East / Gerard Russell. by Russell, Gerard. Basic Books, [2014] Call #: 200.956 R963h Subjects Russell, Gerard -- Travel -- Middle East.   Religious minorities -- Middle East.   Religions -- Middle East.   Minorities -- Middle East.   Persecution -- Middle East.   Mandaeans.   Yezidis.   Zoroastrians.   Druzes.   Samaritans.   Copts.   Kalasha (Afghanistan people)   Middle East -- Religion.   Middle East -- Religious life and customs.   Middle East -- Description and travel. ISBN:  9780465030569 (hc.) 0465030564 (hc.) Description:  xxix, 320 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographic references (pages 281-300) and index. Contents:  Introduction -- Mandaeans -- Yazidis -- Zoroastrians -- Druze -- Samaritans -- Copts -- Kalasha -- Epilogue: Detroit. Summary:  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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 200.956 R963h Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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