Plates : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], PLATE I. Photostatic reproduction of the first page of Bah-al-Dn's "al-Juzal-Awwal", one of the most valuable Druze sacred books by the father of Druze theology. This manuscript copy is in the Robert Garrett collecti...
Untitled : The Druze, who primarily live in Lebanon, Syria and Israel, have a mysterious religion which has been the subject of much speculation over the centuries. In the 19th century manuscript copies of their religious literature were spirited away to collections in Europe and the United States...
Chapter I. A Unique And Secret Sect : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], p. 1 CHAPTER I A UNIQUE AND SECRET SECT "Two Historical Fossils:"--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...
Chapter Vi. Dogmas And Precepts : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], p. 44 CHAPTER VI DOGMAS AND PRECEPTS I. TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS The Druze belief in metempsychosis is very popular and strong and, in contrast to their other beliefs, is professed openly by the believers. The writer's...
Map : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], p. 81 SKETCH MAP OF SYRIA AND PALESTINE (CA. 1924) Sketch Map of Syria and Palestine (ca. 1924)
Appendices. Druze Sacred Writings. Appendix : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], p. 71 APPENDIX F EXHORTATIONS AND PRAYERS BY AL-SAYYID ABDULLH AL-TANKHI 1 I EXHORTATION TO THE "QIL" 2 It is incumbent upon the "qil" that he should direct his energy only to the next world, preparing for it the provisions...
Chapter Iv. The Persian Origin Of The Druzes : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], p. 18 CHAPTER IV THE PERSIAN ORIGIN OF THE DRUZES What then are the racial affinities of that singular people which for the last nine hundred years has grouped itself with marvelous cohesion, solidarity and consciousness...
Appendices. Druze Sacred Writings. Appendix. Part 05 : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], p. 59 APPENDIX B AL-KIM'S ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE USE OF WINE In the name of Allah, the compassionate, the merciful. Praise be to Allah who has rendered Islam strong and dear through its pious saints, and has entrusted its...
Preface : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], p. V PREFACE THIS study is based on two papers: one presented in the annual meeting of the American Historical Association, held at Rochester, New York, December 30, 1926; and the other in the annual meeting of the Americ...
Appendices. Druze Sacred Writings. Appendix. Part 03 : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], p. 64 APPENDIX D EXCERPT FROM THE EPISTLE ENTITLED AL-QUSANNIYYAH ADDRESSED BY BAH-AL-DN TO THE BYZANTINE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE 1 As for what you say in the special canticle for the Eucharist that "He suffered, was crucified...
Appendices. Druze Sacred Writings. Appendix. Part 06 : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], p. 55 APPENDICES CONTAINING EXTRACTS FROM THE DRUZE SACRED WRITINGS p. 56 p. 57 APPENDIX A COVENANT OF INDUCTION INTO THE RELIGION OF THE RULER OF THE AGE (MTHQ WALI-AL-ZAMN) My trust I lay in our lord al-akm, the only one...
Appendices. Druze Sacred Writings. Appendix. Part 02 : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], p. 68 APPENDIX E EXCERPT FROM BAH-AL-DN'S EPISTLE ENTITLED CHRISTIANITY My trust I put in our lord the akm-God who is above number and child, and my thanks I offer to his servant, the only Messiah [amzah]. From the eloquent...
Chapter Iii. Racial Origins : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], p. 10 CHAPTER III RACIAL ORIGINS "Number and Distribution:"--With the present numerical strength of the Druzes, their geographical distribution in southern Lebanon, Wdi-al-Taym, al Jabal al-Ala (between Aleppo and Antioch)...
Title Page : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ORIENTAL STUDIES Vol. XXVIII "THE ORIGINS OF THE DRUZE PEOPLE AND RELIGION WITH EXTRACTS FROM THEIR SACRED WRITINGS BY PHILIP K. HITTI New York: Columbia University Press [1928] Scanned , August 2007...
Foreword : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], p. III FOREWORD FOR some nine hundred years, a strange national-religious body has lived in Syria. The Druzes have been the wonder of scholars, and the political opponents of those to whom the country in which they lived...
Appendices. Druze Sacred Writings. Appendix. Part 04 : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], p. 61 APPENDIX C EXCERPT FROM THE CHARTER FOUND POSTED ON THE WALLS OF THE MOSQUES ON THE OCCASION OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF OUR LORD AL-IMM AL-KIM The friend of Allah, the Commander of the Believers, has at last abandoned all...
Chapter V. Druze Theology And Its Sources : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], p. 24 CHAPTER V DRUZE THEOLOGY AND ITS SOURCES I. THE PROBLEM WITH ITS DIFFICULTIES "Various Hypotheses:"--As in the case of determining the racial origins of the Druze people, so in the case of ascertaining the orig...
Chapter Vii. Folklore : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], p. 52 CHAPTER VII FOLKLORE "Animism and Saint Worship:"--With the semi-, or quasi-, religious popular beliefs held by the Druzes of today which do not figure in their books and learned system--if indeed system it be--we are...
Chapter Ii. Social And Historical Development : * "Origins of the Druze People and Religion", by Philip K. Hitti, [1924], p. 5 CHAPTER II SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT "Feudal Organization:"--When we catch our first clear glimpse of the Druze people we find them living--as they are still living today--in small village communities...