Banners, Spears, Black Raiders and Byzantines: Some Textual Notes on Late Sasanian and post-Sasanian Zoroastrian Apocalyptic Texts

Abstract This article is a philological study of literary motifs in the Middle Persian apocalyptic work of uncertain date, Zand ī Wahman Yašt. The author claims that the motifs under his consideration in the text of ZWY (=Zand ī Wahman ī Yašt) go back to Middle Persian version of several Avestan Yaš...

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Published in:Journal of Persianate studies
Main Author: Shapira, Dan D. Y. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2013
In: Journal of Persianate studies
Further subjects:B Middle Persian
B Avestan
B Pahlavi
B Iranian Apocalyptics
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Summary:Abstract This article is a philological study of literary motifs in the Middle Persian apocalyptic work of uncertain date, Zand ī Wahman Yašt. The author claims that the motifs under his consideration in the text of ZWY (=Zand ī Wahman ī Yašt) go back to Middle Persian version of several Avestan Yašts, especially, to the Middle Persian translation of the second part of Yašt 1 (known as Wahman Yašt), Yašt 11, and Yašt 8.
ISSN:1874-7167
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Persianate studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18747167-12341248