Heirs to forgotten kingdoms finger lakes library system. Journeys into the disappearing religions of the middle east by gerard russell. It is an extraordinary feat that these small communities of the ancient lands of the middle east have survived persecution while clinging tenaciously to their old faiths despite centuries of trials and tribulations. A member of the order of the british empire, gerard worked as a british and united na. However, i guess thats what his extensive further reading section is for. He lives alongside the mandaeans and yazidis of iraq, the zoroastrians of iran, the copts of egypt, and others and learns their histories, participates in their rituals, and sheds light on the threats to their communities. Heirs to forgotten kingdoms, by gerard russell the new. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read heirs to forgotten kingdoms. Would druidism, catharism or bogomilism have survived in europe.
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