The Nụsayri-'Alawsi religion : : an enquiry into its theology and liturgy / / Me'ir Mikha'el Bar-Asher, Arieh Kofsky.

• Superior document: Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture ; 1
• VerfasserIn: Bar-Asher, Meʼir Mikhaʼel,; Kofsky, Arieh,
• TeilnehmendeR: Kofsky, Arieh,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, [2002]; ©2002
• Utgivningsår: 2002
• Språk: English; Arabic
• Serie: Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture ; 1.
• Fysisk beskrivning: 1 online resource.

The Nusayrīs - also known as ʿAlawīs -have been in power in Syria for the past three decades. Little is known of their origins or their long history, while their religious creeds and thought are somewhat better known. The main reason for our fragmentary knowledge of the Nusayrī religion is that,...