The Druze

Author: Robert Brenton Betts

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Price : 32.95 AUD
ISBN : 9780300048100
Publisher : Yale University Press
Imprint : Yale University Press
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Weight (g) : 0.296
Publication date : 01 March 1990
Dimensions : 229mm X 152mm X 11mm
Produced in : United States
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Author : Robert Brenton Betts
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Edition : New edition
Pages : 196
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In the first complete account of the Druze, Robert Brenton Betts provides a general survey of the history, traditions, and society of this secretive Arab sect. Betts, who has spent a great deal of time with the Druze, interweaves his firsthand observations with a wealth of primary and secondary sources, describing not only their thousand-year history but also their political significance in today's Middle East. "A deeply informed, brightly written account of the Druze that will be read with profit by students of Middle East history, politics, religion, and anthropology as well as by everyone with an interest in Lebanon, Syria, and Israel."-Michael C. Hudson, Georgetown University "A broad and exotic historical view."-Jewish Chronicle