Pahlavi Texts

Published between 1880 and 1897 as part of Max Müller's Sacred Books of the East series, this five-volume translation of Pahlavi texts was the work of Edward William West (1824–1905). Largely self-taught, West developed his knowledge of ancient oriental languages in India, where he worked as a...

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Autres titres:Contents of the Nasks
Collaborateurs: West, Edward William 1824-1905 (Éditeur intellectuel)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1892.
Dans:Année: 1892
Collection/Revue:Cambridge library collection. Religion
Sujets non-standardisés:B Zoroastrianism ; Sacred books
B Zoroastrianism Sacred books
B Zoroastrianism Sacred books
Accès en ligne: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Édition parallèle:Erscheint auch als: 9781108054324
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Résumé:Published between 1880 and 1897 as part of Max Müller's Sacred Books of the East series, this five-volume translation of Pahlavi texts was the work of Edward William West (1824–1905). Largely self-taught, West developed his knowledge of ancient oriental languages in India, where he worked as a civil engineer. After returning to Europe, West focused on the study of sacred Zoroastrian texts and prepared these translations of Pahlavi manuscripts. His writings and editions are still referenced today in Indo-Iranian studies. The Nasks are the focus of Volume 4, wherein West collects, translates and analyses fragments such as names, summaries, digests and stray quotes from other books in order to present all that is known of the twenty-one original treatises containing Sassanid Zoroastrian literature. The treatises were themselves records of what was legendarily lost after Alexander the Great's conquest of Persia in the fourth century BCE.
Description:Includes index
ISBN:1139410830
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139410830