ORIGINS OF THE DRUZE PEOPLE AND RELIGION

WITH EXTRACTS FROM THEIR SACRED WRITINGS

PHILIP K. HITTI, PH.D.

OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

FORMERLY OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

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The Origins of the Druze People and Religion

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ORIENTAL STUDIES

Vol. XXVIII

ORIGINS OF THE DRUZE PEOPLE AND RELIGION

WITH EXTRACTS FROM THEIR SACRED WRITINGS

PHILIP K. HITTI, PH.D.

New York

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS

1928