Zoroastrian Scholasticism In Late Antiquity
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Zoroastrian Scholasticism In Late Antiquity
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Author : Arash Zeini
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2020-03-02
Zoroastrian Scholasticism In Late Antiquity written by Arash Zeini and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-02 with History categories.
Examines Zoroastrian exegesis by investigating a late antique translation of an ancient Iranian textChallenges the view that considers the study of the Zand an auxiliary science to Avestan studiesViews the Zand of the YH as a text in its own right and investigates it within the wider Pahlavi leiteratureConsiders the so-called glosses in the Zand for the first time as an integral part of the textOffers a variorum edition of the Middle Persian text, refusing to establish an UrtextIn late antiquity, Zoroastrian exegetes set out to translate their ancient canonical texts into Middle Persian, the vernacular of their time. Although undated, these translations, commonly known as the Zand, are often associated with the Sasanian era (224-651 ce). Despite the many challenges the Zand offers to us today, it is indispensable for investigations of late antique exegesis of the Avesta, a collection of religious and ritual texts commonly regarded as the Zoroastrians' scripture.Arash Zeini also offers a fresh edition of the Middle Persian version of the Avestan Yasna HaptaA hA iti, a ritual text composed in the Old Iranian language of Avestan, commonly dated to the middle of the second millennium bce. Zeini challenges the view that considers the Zand's study an auxiliary science to Avestan studies, framing the text instead within the exegetical context from which it emerged.
Sasanian Iran In The Context Of Late Antiquity
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-02-01
Sasanian Iran In The Context Of Late Antiquity written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-01 with History categories.
This volume is a collection of papers on the various aspects of Sasanian world which were delivered at the University of Oxford in 2014.
Zoroastrianism A Guide For The Perplexed
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Author : Jenny Rose
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-08-18
Zoroastrianism A Guide For The Perplexed written by Jenny Rose and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-18 with Religion categories.
The significance of the Zoroastrian religion in the development of the history of thought is often only mentioned in passing, or is completely overlooked. Zoroastrianism has developed over a span of at least three thousand years, with roots in a common Indo-Iranian culture and mythology, then becoming part of imperial Iranian ideology within an Ancient Near Eastern setting, and emerging in variant forms in western and central Asia in late antiquity. The religion continues as a living faith for an estimated 130 - 150,000 adherents in the world. Most Zoroastrians if asked, 'In a nutshell, what do Zoroastrians believe?' would begin their answer with the moral maxim: 'Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds.' Zoroastrianism: A Guide for the Perplexed takes this foundational trifold ethic as the framework for its three main chapters. The book presents a comprehensive study of the religion through its focus on the questions that perplexed seekers might ask of a Zoroastrian concerning ideology and ethics; current discussions of 'text' and 'author'; and the putting-into-practice of the religion.
Zoroastrian Hermeneutics In Late Antiquity
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Author : Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024
Zoroastrian Hermeneutics In Late Antiquity written by Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with categories.
Archaeology Of Empire In Achaemenid Egypt
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Author : Henry P. Colburn
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2019-09-11
Archaeology Of Empire In Achaemenid Egypt written by Henry P. Colburn and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-11 with Art categories.
A study of the material culture of Egypt during the period of Achaemenid Persian rule, c. 526-404 BCEProvides a clear overview of the archaeological evidence for Achaemenid Egypt, including temples, tombs, irrigation works, statues, stelae, seals and coinsDemonstrates how different types of evidence, both textual and archaeological - including material of uncertain provenance - can be used to address a single historical questionOffers critical discussion of the dating criteria used by archaeologists for Egyptian Late Period materialElucidates strategies used by the Persians to establish and maintain control of EgyptExamines how these strategies may have affected the lives of people living in Egypt during the 27th DynastyCreates a new explanatory model for the introduction of coinage to ancient EgyptPrevious studies have characterised Achaemenid rule of Egypt either as ephemeral and weak or oppressive and harsh. These characterisations, however, are based on the perceived lack of evidence for this period, filtered through ancient and modern preconceptions about the Persians.Henry Colburn challenges these views by assembling and analyzing the archaeological remains from this period, including temples, tombs, irrigation works, statues, stelae, sealings, drinking vessels and coins. By looking at the decisions made about material culture - by Egyptians, Persians and others - it becomes possible to see both how the Persians integrated Egypt into their empire and the full range of experiences people had as a result.
On Parchment
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Author : Bruce Holsinger
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2023-02-21
On Parchment written by Bruce Holsinger and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
A sweeping exploration of the shaping role of animal skins in written culture and human imagination over three millennia “Richly detailed and illustrated. . . . An engaging exploration of book history.”—Kirkus Reviews For centuries, premodern societies recorded and preserved much of their written cultures on parchment: the rendered skins of sheep, cows, goats, camels, deer, gazelles, and other creatures. These remains make up a significant portion of the era’s surviving historical record. In a study spanning three millennia and twenty languages, Bruce Holsinger explores this animal archive as it shaped the inheritance of the Euro-Mediterranean world, from the leather rolls of ancient Egypt to the Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Holsinger discusses the making of parchment past and present, the nature of the medium as a biomolecular record of faunal life and environmental history, the knotty question of “uterine vellum,” and the imaginative role of parchment in the works of St. Augustine, William Shakespeare, and a range of Jewish rabbinic writers of the medieval era. Closely informed by the handicraft of contemporary makers, painters, and sculptors, the book draws on a vast array of sources—codices and scrolls, documents and ephemera, works of craft and art—that speak to the vitality of parchment across epochs and continents. At the center of On Parchment is the vexed relationship of human beings to the myriad slaughtered beasts whose remains make up this vast record: a relationship of dominion and compassion, of brutality and empathy.
Plutarch And The Persica
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Author : Eran Almagor
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2018-07-16
Plutarch And The Persica written by Eran Almagor and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-16 with History categories.
Explores the experiences spectators have when they watch a film collectively in a cinema.
Animals And Animality In The Babylonian Talmud
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Author : Beth A. Berkowitz
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-04-19
Animals And Animality In The Babylonian Talmud written by Beth A. Berkowitz and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-19 with Religion categories.
This book offers new perspectives on animals and animality from the vantage point of the rabbis of the Babylonian Talmud.
H Sh M She Studies In Scriptural Interpretation In The Dead Sea Scrolls And Related Literature In Honor Of Moshe J Bernstein
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Author : Binyamin Y. Goldstein
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2017-10-23
H Sh M She Studies In Scriptural Interpretation In The Dead Sea Scrolls And Related Literature In Honor Of Moshe J Bernstein written by Binyamin Y. Goldstein and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-23 with Religion categories.
In this volume in honor of Moshe J. Bernstein, students and colleagues offer their latest research on scriptural interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls and other literature, and on related themes.
Early Islamic Iran
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Author : Edmund Herzig
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2011-11-08
Early Islamic Iran written by Edmund Herzig and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-08 with Religion categories.
How did Iran remain distinctively Iranian in the centuries which followed the Arab Conquest? How did it retain its cultural distinctiveness after the displacement of Zoroastrianism - state religion of the Persian empire - by Islam? This latest volume in "The Idea of Iran" series traces that critical moment in Iranian history which followed the transformation of ancient traditions during the country's conversion and initial Islamic period. Distinguished contributors (who include the late Oleg Grabar, Roy Mottahedeh, Alan Williams and Said Amir Arjomand) discuss, from a variety of literary, artistic, religious and cultural perspectives, the years around the end of the first millennium CE, when the political strength of the 'Abbasid Caliphate was on the wane, and when the eastern lands of the Islamic empire began to be take on a fresh 'Persianate' or 'Perso-Islamic' character. One of the paradoxes of this era is that the establishment throughout the eastern Islamic territories of new Turkish dynasties coincided with the genesis and spread, into Central and South Asia, of vibrant new Persian language and literatures. Exploring the nature of this paradox, separate chapters engage with ideas of kingship, authority and identity and their fascinating expression through the written word, architecture and the visual arts.