TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zeini,Arash
TI  - Zoroastrian scholasticism in late antiquity: the Pahlavi version of the Yasna Haptanhaiti 
T2  - Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia
SN  - 9781474442916
AV  - BL1515.5.Y3 Z45 2020
U1  - 295.82 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Avesta
KW  - Yasna
KW  - Haptanhāiti
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - fast
KW  - Zoroastrianism
KW  - Doctrines
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I. Introduction -- Part II. Text and translation -- Part III. Miscellaneous observations -- Part IV. Epilogue -- Appendices
N2  - In late antiquity, Zoroastrian exegetes set out to translate their ancient canonical texts into Middle Persian, the vernacular of their time. Although undated, these translations, commonly known as the Zand, are often associated with the Sasanian era (224-651 ce). Despite the many challenges the Zand offers to us today, it is indispensable for investigations of late antique exegesis of the Avesta, a collection of religious and ritual texts commonly regarded as the Zoroastrians' scripture. Arash Zeini also offers a fresh edition of the Middle Persian version of the Avestan Yasna Haptanhaiti, a ritual text composed in the Old Iranian language of Avestan, commonly dated to the middle of the second millennium BCE. Zeini challenges the view that considers the Zand's study an auxiliary science to Avestan studies, framing the text instead within the exegetical context from which it emerged
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