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The bundahiésn : the Zoroastrian book of creation / Domenico Agostini and Samuel Thrope ; with a foreword by Shaul Shaked and an afterword by Guy G. Stroumsa.

Medverkande: Materialtyp: TextSpråk: Engelska Originalspråk: Pahlavi Serie: Utgivningsuppgift: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020Beskrivning: 1 online resourceInnehållstyp:
  • text
Medietyp:
  • computer
Bärartyp:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190879075 (ebook) :
Originaltitel:
  • Bundahishn. English.
Ämnen: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 891.53 23
Onlineresurser: The Bundahiésn, meaning primal or foundational creation, is the central Zoroastrian account of creation, cosmology, & one of the most important of the surviving testaments to Zoroastrian literature & pre-Islamic Iranian culture. Touching on geography, cosmogony, anthropology, zoology, astronomy, legend, & myth, the Bundahiésn can be considered a concise compendium of Zoroastrian knowledge. The Bundahiésn is well known in the field as an essential source for the study of ancient Iranian history, religions, literature, & languages. It is one of the most important texts composed in Zoroastrian Middle Persian, also known as Zoroastrian Book Pahlavi, in the centuries after the fall of the Sasanian Empire to the invading Arab & Islamic forces in the mid seventh century. The Bundahiésn provides scholars with a particularly profitable window on intellectual & religious history at a crucial transitional moment.
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Also issued in print: 2020.

Translated from the Pahlavi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Bundahiésn, meaning primal or foundational creation, is the central Zoroastrian account of creation, cosmology, & one of the most important of the surviving testaments to Zoroastrian literature & pre-Islamic Iranian culture. Touching on geography, cosmogony, anthropology, zoology, astronomy, legend, & myth, the Bundahiésn can be considered a concise compendium of Zoroastrian knowledge. The Bundahiésn is well known in the field as an essential source for the study of ancient Iranian history, religions, literature, & languages. It is one of the most important texts composed in Zoroastrian Middle Persian, also known as Zoroastrian Book Pahlavi, in the centuries after the fall of the Sasanian Empire to the invading Arab & Islamic forces in the mid seventh century. The Bundahiésn provides scholars with a particularly profitable window on intellectual & religious history at a crucial transitional moment.

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