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The Zoroastrian law to expel the demons : Wīdewdād 10-15 : critical edition, translation and glossary of the Avestan and Pahlavi texts / Miguel Ángel Andrés-Toledo.
Van Pelt Library BL1515.5.V4 A153 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Andrés-Toledo, Miguel Ángel, author, editor, translator.
- Series:
- Iranica ; Bd. 23.
- Iranica, 0944-1271 ; Band 23
- Language:
- Avestan
- English
- Pahlavi
- Subjects (All):
- Avesta. Vendidād.
- Avesta.
- Zoroastrianism--Sacred books.
- Zoroastrianism.
- Zoroastrian law.
- Genre:
- Bilingual books.
- Sacred books.
- Sacred works.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 394 pages ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Wīdewdād 10-15 : critical edition, translation and glossary of the Avestan and Pahlavi texts
- Place of Publication:
- Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2016.
- Language Note:
- Critical material in English, texts in transliterated Avestan and Pahlavi with parallel translations in English.
- Summary:
- The text Wīdewdād--"Law Serving to Keep the Demons Away"--is one of the longest and most important sources for the study of the Zoroastrianism of the ancient Iranian and the Middle Iranian periods. The ancient Iranian text, written in Avestan, was in the Sassanid era (3rd-7th centuries) translated into Middle Persian (Pahlavi) and provided with glosses and extensive commentaries. The Pahlavi version, called zand, is of particular interest for two reasons: firstly, it is the oldest Middle Persian translation of an Avestan text, and thus of major importance for the linguistic reconstruction of Middle Persian; secondly, the annotations approach complex theological, ritual, and legal questions that examine numerous insufficiently studied areas of the Sassanid society. Despite its outstanding importance, this primary source has, due to the high degree of difficulty of the subject matter, until recently attracted hardly any attention.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contains:
- Container of: Avesta. Vendidād. 10-15 Avestan (Andrés-Toledo)
- Container of: Avesta. Vendidād. 10-15 Pahlavi (Andrés-Toledo)
- Container of: Avesta. Vendidād. 10-15 English (Andrés-Toledo)
- ISBN:
- 9783447106047
- 3447106042
- OCLC:
- 972194898
- Publisher Number:
- 9783447106047
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