“Druze Catechism”

Abstract

For the first time, the reader is presented with a critical text of one of the most important doctrinal works of the Druze community, well-known as “Druze Catechism”. Based on three versions of the “Catechism” (J.G. Eichhorn’s edition, Ms. Ar. 185 from the collection of the National Library of Israel, manuscript Cod. arab. 225 from the collection of the Bavarian National Library), the publisher reconstructs the primary source with brief commentaries. The work is preceded by a short preface, revealing the textual and philosophical-religious history of the anonymous Druze work of the 18th century.