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Hardback. New. The Bundahisn, meaning primal or foundational creation, is the central Zoroastrian account of creation, cosmology, and eschatology. Compiled sometime in the ninth century CE, it is one of the most important surviving testaments to Zoroastrian literature in the Middle Persian language and to pre-Islamic Iranian culture. Despite having been composed some two millennia after the Prophet Zoroaster's revelation, it is nonetheless a concise compendium of ancient Zoroastrian knowledge that draws on and reshapes earlier layers of the tradition. Well known in the field of Iranian Studies as an essential primary source for scholars of ancient Iran's history, religions, literatures, and languages, the Bundahisn is also a great work of literature in and of itself, ranking alongside the creation myths of other ancient traditions. The book's thirty-six diverse chapters, which touch on astronomy, eschatology, zoology, medicine, and more, are composed in a variety of styles, registers,…
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The Bundahisn: The Zoroastrian Book of Creation Hardcover - 2020
by Domenico Agostini (Editor); Domenico Agostini (Translator); Samuel Thrope (Editor)
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- Title The Bundahisn: The Zoroastrian Book of Creation
- Author Domenico Agostini (Editor); Domenico Agostini (Translator); Samuel Thrope (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 264
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
- Date 2020-08-25
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780190879044 / 0190879041
- Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
- Dimensions 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.9 in (23.88 x 16.00 x 2.29 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Library of Congress subjects Zoroastrianism, Pahlavi language
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2019040657
- Dewey Decimal Code 891.53
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