First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Dualism in Transformation

Politics & Social Sciences

Shaked, Shaul

Social Sciences

Routledge

The book deals with some major aspects of Zoroastrianism in Iran during the Sasanian period, including the important distinctions between the spritual and the material modes of existence, the idea that Ahreman, the Evil Spirit, does not belong in the material world, and the widely current myth of Zurvan. The volume also deals with the impact of some Zoroastrian themes on Islam, such as the twin relationship between state and religion, throwing light on both the Iranian themes and their borrowing into Islamic literature.

From Zoroastrian Iran to Islam: Studies in Religious History and Intercultural Contacts (Variorum Collected Studies)

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<p>First publication of a group of thirty documents on leather in Imperial Aramaic, dating to the fourth century B.C.E. and reflecting the practice of the Achaemenian administration in Bactria and Sogdiana. Eighteen inscribed wooden sticks, for use as tallies, dated to the third year of King Darius Ill, are also included. They are considered to be the second most important discovery of its type known. Two of the leather documents relate to the fall of the Persian Empire: one mentions Bessus, the usurper of the Persian throne, travelling to Warnu (Greek Aornos); the other is a long list of supplies in the year 7 of King Alexander. In addition to their valuable historical contents, the documents enrich our knowledge of Aramaic and its lexicon. The documents are given in Aramaic with translation, introduction, commentary and glossary. The volume is lavishly illustrated.</p>

Aramaic Documents from Ancient Bactria (Studies in the Khalili Collection)

Arts & Photography

Naveh, Joseph

History & Criticism

Khalili Collections

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