RT Article
T1 Remarks on the Yezidi Religious Identity
JF Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
VO 83
IS 2
SP 422
OP 435
A1 Mantovani, Margherita
LA Italian
PB Morcelliana
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1665083336
AB This article focuses on the process of identitarian formation of the Yezidi minority, paying particular attention to the sycretistic character of the Yezidi religion as well as to the different statute of its (oral and written) sources. Among the examined aspects, the valuation of the two so-called "sacred books" (Kitab al-Jilwwa and Meshaf resh) is highly significant: although considered late literary products and even forgeries, it is possible to recognise within them the inclusion of elder, probably authentic material. This is the case, for instance, of the cosmological account described in the Black Book (Meshaf resh), where the Author suggest the possibility to see a trace of the presence of the Genesis account of the origin (mainly Gen 1, 2), reshaped light of the Syriac translation of the Peshiṭṭa. Regarding the survey of several aspects of the Yezidi syncretism, it is then noteworthy to reaffirm the necessity of a comparison with the Judaeo-Aramic folk material and the Sufi tradition.
K1 Identità yezida
K1 oralità vs. testualità
K1 Genesi
K1 Angelo Pavone (Tawūsī Melek)
K1 storia degli studi
K1 Yezidi identity
K1 Orality vs. Textuality
K1 Book of Genesis
K1 Peacock Angel (Tawūsī Melek)
K1 history of scholarship