page_title: Yazidi Book of Revelation
hierarchical_section_title: Yazidi Book of Revelation
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Страница из езидской рукописи "Китаб Джальва".
context_page_description: The Yazidi Book of Revelation is one of two books on the Yazidi religion written in the style of a holy book in the Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish, the other being the Yazidi Black Book. It is claimed that the original text of the Book of Revelation is kept in the Yazidi village of Ba'idn and the original text of the Yazidi Black Book is kept in the village of Qasr 'tzz at-Din.
  Scholars generally agree that the Book of Revelation and the Black Book, which were published in English translation in 1911 and 1913, respectively, "are 'forgeries' in the sense they were written by non-Yazidis in response to Western travelers’ and scholars’ interest in the Yazidi religion". Nonetheless they do reflect authentic Yazidi traditions.
  The actual core texts of the religion that exist today are the hymns known as qewl.
context_section_description: The Yazidi Book of Revelation (Kurdish: Kitêba Cilwe‎; also transliterated as Kitab Al Jilwah) is one of two books on the Yazidi religion written in the style of a holy book in the Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish, the other being the Yazidi Black Book (Kurdish: Mishefa Reş‎). It is claimed that the original text of the Book of Revelation is kept in the Yazidi village of Ba'idn and the original text of the Yazidi Black Book is kept in the village of Qasr 'tzz at-Din.
  Scholars generally agree that the Book of Revelation and the Black Book, which were published in English translation in 1911 and 1913, respectively, "are 'forgeries' in the sense they were written by non-Yazidis in response to Western travelers’ and scholars’ interest in the Yazidi religion". Nonetheless they do reflect authentic Yazidi traditions.
  The actual core texts of the religion that exist today are the hymns known as qewl.
caption: A page from Yazidi Book of Revelation manuscript
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