O'Shihan produced several interesting audio CDs,
and there is a new one (Avestan recitations with English translation) coming out soon.
Forthcoming books on Zoroastrianism
Avesta: le livre sacre du zoroastrisme. (Vol.)
1. Traduction du perse ancien C. de Harlez. Presentation et notes
Guy Rachet. Paris 199X. 310 p. --- Sagesse et spiritualite. Broce
2-7107-0558-3. ca. DM 49. Harrassowitz
The Book of a thousend judgments: (a Sasanian law book)
by Anahit Perikhanian; translated by Nina Garsoian. Cosa Mesa 199x.
440 p. --- Persian heritage series, 39.
Hardbound +380-009-285+ ca. DM175.-- ISBN 1-56850-061-X
First edition Ereva, 1973. - New edition, with expanded commentary
and revised glossary (Harrassowitz catalog AO 386)
Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh, Robert Hillenbrand and Michael Rogers.
(Eds.) The art and archaeology of ancient Persia: new light
on the Parthian and Sasanian empires. London, 199x. 320 p.,
with many ill. Hardbound 1-86064-045-1 ca. DM 145.-- Harrassowitz.
Published in association with the British Institute of Persian
Studies.
Eternal Homeland -- Proceedings of the 6th World
Zoroastrian Congress held in Tehran, Iran in June 1996. In Persian
and English, with 160 color photos, 1600 pages. Excellent quality
paper and printing. Expected publication in early 1999. Pre-sale
price: $75. Contact Jamshid Jam or e-mail Mehran Sepehri at
sepehri@cob.sjsu.edu
Ferdowsi. Legends of the Persian Kings: Stories from the
Shahnameh of Ferdowsi. From the prose rendition of Ehsan
Yarshater. Translated by Dick Davis. Vol 1: Washingron 199x. Hardbound
0-934211-50-7. To be completed in 3 vols.
Green, Peter. The Greco-Persian wars. Reissue, with
a new foreward. Berkely 199x. 356 p., with illustrations and maps.
Hardbound +300-008-821+ ca. DM 62.-- Published in 1970 as 'The
year of Salamis' in England and as 'Xerxes at Salamis' in the
United States. Harrassowitz.
Humbach, Helmut, and Pallan Ichaporia, Zamyad Yasht, A
New Translation with Commentary and Glossary. Weisbaden,
Germany, 1997.
Ichaporia, Pallan and Helmut Humbach, Concordance of the Gathas, With
Gathic Avesta, Pahlavi and Sanskrit Texts, Translations, and Commentary.
Harrassowitz, Germany.
Kaye, Alan S. (Ed.) Phonologies of Asia and Africa. 2
vols. Winona Lake 199X. XX, 1024 p. Paperbound +100-003-693+.
ca DM 237.-- Included are discussions of languages such as Old
Persian, Avestan, Sumerian, Akkadian and Amorite, Arabic (and
some of its diverse dialects), Hebrew (biblical and modern), Aramaic
(ancient and modern), Ugaritic, Eblaite, Ethiopic, Egyptian and
Coptic, Pahlavi, Gujerati, Hindi-Urdu, Turkish, Somali, Hausa,
Kurdish, Armenian, and others. Harrassowitz (catalog AO 280).
Kellens, J. Le pantheon de l'Avesta ancien. Wiesbaden
1994. 194. 159 p. Relie +380-008-229+ DM 98.--
Koch, Heidemarie. Es kündet Dareios der König...
Vom Leben im persischen Grossreich. 2. Auflage. Mainz 199x.
V, 309 S., 199 Abbildungen, 36 Farbtafeln. -- Kulturgeschichte
der antiken Welt, 55. -- Sonderausgabe. Gebunden +380-009-049+
DM 48.-- ISBN 3-8053-1934-7 Harrassowitz (catalog AO 380).
Martiniani-Reber, Marielle. Textiles et modes sassanides:
le tissus orientaux conserves au departement des Antiquites eqyptiennes.
Paris 199x. 128 p., et illustrations en noir et en couleur. In-4to.
Broche +380-009-042+ ca. DM 114.-- Harrassowitz (catalog AO 380)
Miller, Margaret. Athens and Persia in the fifth century
BC: a study in cultural receptivity. Cambridge 199X. 450
pages. Hardbound +380-009-034+ ca. DM 175.-- (Harrassowitz catalog
AO 380)
Nicolle, David. Sassanian armies: the Iranian empire early
3rd to mid-7th centuries AD. Stockport 199x. 72 p., 100 illustrations,
8 colour plates. Paperbound +380-008-999+ ca. DM 29.-- (Harrasowitz
catalog AO 380)
Sohn, Peter. Die Medizin des Zadspram: Anatomie,
Physiologie und Psychologie in den Wizidagiha i Zadsparam, einer
zoroastrisch-mittelpersischen Anthologie aus den frühislamischen
Iran des neunten Jahrhunderts. Wiesbaden 199X. 268 S. --- Iranica,
3. Leinen 3-447-03838-1 ca. DM 80. Harrassowitz (catalog AO 386)
Vitaloni, Mario. The Persian revayat 'ithoter': Zoroastrian
rituals in the eighteenth century. Rome 199x. 301 pages.
--- Series minor / Dipartmento di studi asiatici, Istituto universitario
orientale, 49. Paperbound +380-008-944+ ca. DM 65.-- Edition with
introduction, translation, commentary, and glossary. Harrassowitz.
Wiesehofer, Josef. Ancient Persia. (Translated from
German.) London 199x. 400 p., with illustrations and maps. Hardbound
+380-008-621+ ca. DM 93.-- Harrassowitz
ZAMWIVoices Of Young
Zoroastrians; papers read at a ZAMWI Seminar from May 1996
York, Michael. Divine versus the Asurian: interpretation
of Indo-Erropean cult and myth. Bethesda. 199x. 636 p., with
illustrations. Hardbound +100-003-671+. ca. DM 238.-- Paperbound
+100-003-672+. ca. DM 180. Harrassowitz (AO380)
New books on Zoroastrianism
Azarnoush, Massoud. The Sasanian manor house at Hajiabad,
Iran. Firenze 1994. 263 p., 190 figures, 26 tables, 35, 7
plates. 4to. -- Monografie di Mesopotamia, 3. Hardbound +380-008-492+
DM 311.-- ISBN 88-7166-177-X. (Harrassowitz, catalog AO 380)
Bakhtiari, Dr. Daryush, Cosi Parla Zaratustra. 1997.
Dr. Bakhtiara has translated the Gathas from Persian into
the Italian language entitled 'Cosi Parla Zaratustra', publisher Settimo Sigillo,
Rome Italy.
Bundahishn. --- Bahar, Mahrdad. Waza-nama-i Bundahis (Glossary
of Pahlavi Bundahish). Tehran 1345. 505, 6 p. --- Waza-nama-ha-i
Pahlawi, 1. Hardbound +380-002-571+ DM 195.-- Harrassowitz.
Choksy, Jamsheed K. Conflict and cooperation: Zoroastrian
subalters and Muslim elites in Medieval Iranian society.
New York 1997. XIV, 207 p., 8 maps.
Hardbound +645-020-429+ DM 104.-- ISBN 0-231-10684-X
(Harrassowitz catalog AO 386)
Dadachanji, F. K. (Faredun Kavasji). Speeches and writings
on Zoroastrian religion, culture, and civilization. Karachi
: Ehtesham Process, 1995. 449 p. LCCN 96-930038.
Hinnels, John R., ZOROASTRIANS lN BRITAIN, University
of London and SOAS Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-826193-4,
£40.00, hardback, 352 pp, 1996 From the contribution of MPs
Naoroji and Bhownagree in the nineteenth century to the transmission
of their heritage and concerns in the l990s, this is the first
complete study of the community. Hinnells has drawn on an extensive
study of archival sources, a large survey questionnaire, structured
interviews and over twenty years of personal contacts. He discusses
contemporary issues such as racial prejudice, generational differences,
gender issues, and attitudes, and argues that religion is an increasingly
important concern.
Hoffmann, Karl. Avestische Laut- und Flexionslehre.
1996. 330 S. Leinen +380-008-424+ (ISBN 3-85124-652-7). DM 137.
Harrassowitz (catalog AO 380).
Jong, Albert F. de. Traditions of the magi: Zoroastrianism in
Greek and Latin literature. Leiden 1997.
xii, 496 p. --- Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, 133.
Hardbound +380-009-215+ DM 263.-- ISBN 90-04-10844-0
(Harrassowitz cat AO 386)
Josephson, Judith. The Pahlavi translation technique as illustrated by
Hom Yast. Studia Iranica Upsaliensia 2. ISBN 91-554-4081-9 (pbk) SEK
258.00. 1997. 213 pp.
From Almqvist & Wiksell International catalogue no. 202 (March 1998)
16, email scand.mongr@awi.se
K.R.Cama Oriental Institute: second international congress
proceedings (5th to 8th January 1995). Bombay 1996. XVI,
369 p., 10 plates. Paperbound +380-009-091+ DM 60.-- Indo-Iranian
studies and Indology. Cama. (Harrassowitz catalog AO 380)
Luhrmann, Tanya M. The good Parsi: the fate of a colonial
elite in a postcolonial society. Cambridge, MA. 1996. X,
317 pages. Paperbound +380-008-798+ DM 48.-- Hardbound +380-008-797+
ca. 94.-- Harrassowitz
Mehta, Tina. The Zarathushtrian Saga. Forward by
Professor Mary Boyce. ISBN 81-7189-816-5, 715 pp., Hardback, Rs.400,
1995. Writers Workshop, P. Lal, 162/92 Lake Gardens, Calcutta,
700 045, India. See review in FEZANA Journal, IX, No 3, pg 64.
Narten, Johanna. Kleine schriften. Band 1. ISBN 003882268484.
DM 98. Harrassowitz
Pekala, S. Kori. EVIL AND HOW TO COMBAT EVIL: MAGIC, SPELLS, AND CURSES IN THE AVESTA. (ZOROASTRIANISM) DEGREE: PH.D. YEAR: 2000
PAGES: 00247 INSTITUTION: HARVARD UNIVERSITY; 0084
ADVISOR: ADVISER PRODS OKTOR SKJAERVO
SOURCE: DAI, 61, NO. 05A (2000): P. 1890 STANDARD NO: ISBN: 0-599-77801-6
Abstract: This dissertation examines the responses to evil in the Avesta that take the form of spells, curses, and exorcisms, by an analysis of the texts based largely on the approaches of scholars in the anthropology of religion such as Malinowski and Tambiah. This dissertation demonstrates how magic in general is part of the Avestan worldview and especially that the use of spells and curses are present to a much greater extent than has been recognized. Spells, curses, and exorcisms have been identified and thus the scope of magic and its forms and functions in the Avesta has been clearly demonstrated, indicating the range of magical practices central to much of the Avestan expression. This thesis demonstrates that belief in witchcraft and sorcery and means of protection against them are pervasive throughout the Avesta and it illustrates that one must recognize these practices in order to really understand the religious world of the Avestan people. Further, it suggests that in the Avesta, the practices that are specific to the fight against evil fall into the realm of magic, as opposed to other practices that may be considered to be more strictly religion.
Proceedings: I received a set of videos from World Zoroastrian
Congress, which was held in Tehran last June. The videos include
speeches by Zoroastrian scholars and government authorities and
other events in the four day congress. The speeches are in the
original languages (not translated), so many are in Persian and
only a few are in English.
It costs an average of $40 for conversion to US format and making
copies and shipping costs. If anyone interested in having a copy,
please let me know.
Mehran Sepehri, MSEPEHRI@SCUACC.SCU.EDU
Shahriari, Shahriar. Thus Spake 'the Real' Zarathushtra.
ISBN 1-896835-99-7. 150 pp. $14 CDN, $11 US. Transformations Unlimited,
P.O. Box 15447, Vancouver BC, V6B 5B2, Canada, Tel: (604) 684-6199.
See review in FEZANA Journal, IX, No 3, pg 64.
Vitalone, Mario. The Persian revayat &ithoter&:
Zoroastrian rituals in the eighteenth century. Napoli 1996.
301 p. --- Series minor / Dipartimento di studi asiatici, Instituto
universitario orientale, 49. Paperbound +380-008-944+ DM 59.--
Edition with introduction, translation, commentary and glossary.
Harrassowitz (catalog AO 380)
Vincent, Ken. The Magi: From Zoroaster to the "Three Wise Men"
$16.95. D & F Scott Publishing.
Weber, Ursula and J. Wiesehofer. Das Reich der Achaimeniden.
Eine Bibliographie. Berlin 1996. 777 s. 4to. --- Archaologische
Mitteilungen aus Iran, Erganzungsband 15. Leinen +380-006-125+
DM 198.-- Harrassowitz