The Zoroastrian law to expel the demons
Subtitle: Wīdewdād 10-15 : critical edition, translation and glossary of the Avestan and Pahlavi texts
By: Miguel Ángel Andrés-Toledo
Series: Iranica -- Band 23; Iranica -- Bd. 23.
Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Wiesbaden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9783447106047
Subjects: Zoroastrianism; Sacred books; Zoroastrian law; Avesta; Vidēvdāt
Other titles: Wīdewdād 10-15 :; Container of (expression): Avesta. Vendidād. 10-15. Avestan. Andrés-Toledo.; Container of (expression): Avesta. Vendidād. 10-15. Pahlavi. Andrés-Toledo.; Container of (expression): Avesta. Vendidād. 10-15. English. Andrés-Toledo.
Description: The text Wīdewdād--"Law Serving to Keep the Demons Away"--is one of the longest and most important sources for the study of the Zoroastrianism of the ancient Iranian and the Middle Iranian periods. The ancient Iranian text, written in Avestan, was in the Sassanid era (3rd-7th centuries) translated into Middle Persian (Pahlavi) and provided with glosses and extensive commentaries. The Pahlavi version, called zand, is of particular interest for two reasons: firstly, it is the oldest Middle Persian translation of an Avestan text, and thus of major importance for the linguistic reconstruction of Middle Persian; secondly, the annotations approach complex theological, ritual, and legal questions that examine numerous insufficiently studied areas of the Sassanid society. Despite its outstanding importance, this primary source has, due to the high degree of difficulty of the subject matter, until recently attracted hardly any attention.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Critical material in English, texts in transliterated Avestan and Pahlavi with parallel translations in English.