Pahlavi Texts, Part V

By West, W. E.

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Title:	Pahlavi Texts, Part V
Author:	West, W. E.
Volume:	Vol. 47
Language:	English
Subject:	Sacred Texts, Zoroastrianism, Mythology
Collections:	Sacred Texts
Historic Publication Date:	1897
Publisher:	Oxford, the Clarendon Press


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Description: This is part V of the Sacred Books of the East Pahlavi Texts translation. It is the shortest one in the series, a slight 233 pp., about half of most other SBE volumes. SBE 47 contains translations of a number of very late Zoroastrian texts, some prophetic in nature, others providing clues to the chronology of the religion. As such, the texts here, the Dinkard and Selections of Zad-Sparam, make interesting reading. They will be of use both to scholars looking for information about the development of Zoroastrianism, and those looking for non-traditional books of prophecy. West concludes that the traditional date of the birth of Zoroaster corresponds to 660 BCE; more recently, 628 BCE has been proposed, so the former date probably isn't so far off. He also computes the timetable of Zoroastrian prophecy: don't get too excited, though, the end of the world isn't until 2398, so we still have about four centuries left.

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