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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790993503321

Autore

Raffaelli Enrico G.

Titolo

The Sih-rozag in Zoroastrianism : a textual and historico-religious analysis / / Enrico Raffaelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

0-367-86771-0

1-315-85074-5

1-317-91360-4

1-317-91361-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 p.)

Collana

Iranian studies ; ; 20

Classificazione

REL069000SOC053000

Disciplina

295/.82

Soggetti

Zoroastrianism - Prayers and devotions - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. General notes on the Sih-Rozag --  2. The Manuscript Tradition --  3. Edition and Translation --  4. Commentary --  5. Appendix.

Sommario/riassunto

"Focusing on the Avestan and Pahlavi versions of the Sih-rozag, a text worshipping Zoroastrian divine entities, this book explores the spiritual principles and physical realities associated with them. Introducing the book is an overview of the structural, linguistic and historico-religious elements of the Avestan Sih-rozag. This overview, as well as reconstructing its approximate chronology, helps in understanding the original ritual function of the text and its relationship to the other Avestan texts.The book then studies the translation of the text in the Middle Persian language, Pahlavi, which was produced several centuries after its initial composition, when Avestan was no longer understood by the majority of the Zoroastrian community. Addressing the lacuna in literature examining an erstwhile neglected Zoroastrian text, The Sih-Rozag in Zoroastrianism includes a detailed commentary and an English translation of both the Avestan and Pahlavi version of the Sih-rozag and will be of interest to researchers and scholars of Iranian Studies, Religion, and History"--

"Focusing on the Avestan and Pahlavi versions of the Sih-rozag."