Isya Joseph

Isya Joseph was a scholar and writer whose best-known book, Devil Worship: The Sacred Books and Traditions of the Yezidiz, was published in 1919. Library and public-domain records confirm that the book drew attention for its translations and discussion of Yezidi religious texts and traditions.

Available author records are quite sparse, but Wikidata lists his date of death as February 5, 1923. Because so little biographical material is easily confirmed, he is best remembered through his surviving work rather than through a detailed public life story.

For readers interested in the history of religion, Joseph remains a notable early source in English on the Yezidis, even though modern scholarship may differ from some older terminology and interpretations.