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Wrestling with the Demons of the Pahlavi Widēwdād: Transcription, Translation, and Commentary: Iran Studies, cartea 9

Autor Mahnaz Moazami
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 mai 2014
The Pahlavi Widēwdād (Vidēvdād), The Law (Serving to Keep) Demons Away, a fifth-century Middle Persian commentary on the Avestan Vidēvdād, describes rules and regulations that serve to prevent pollution caused by dead matter, menstrual discharges, and other agents. It recognizes the perpetual presence of the demons, the forces of the Evil Spirit –forces that should be fought through law-abiding conduct. In spite of its formidable textual problems, the commentary provides an invaluable quarry for the rules of the Zoroastrian community through its citation of regulations for the conduct of its members. Many topics are covered, from jurisprudence to penalties, procedures for dealing with pollution, purification, and arrangements for funerals. Viewed together, they provide the reader with an exquisite interlace of a community’s concerns.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789004269217
ISBN-10: 9004269215
Pagini: 610
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 36 mm
Greutate: 1.06 kg
Ediția:Approx. 453 Pp.
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Iran Studies


Cuprins

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1Creation of the Different Lands
Chapter 2Jam’s Golden Rule and the Great Winter
Chapter 3Delightful and Demonic Places on Earth
Chapter 4Contracts and Offenses
Chapter 5Dead Matter and Defilement
Chapter 6Contamination of the Land by Corpses
Chapter 7On Nasuš, the She Demon of Dead Matter
Chapter 8Purification Rituals after Death
Chapter 9The Baršnūm Purification
Chapter 10Formulae Against the Demons
Chapter 11Exorcisms for Purification
Chapter 12On Ritual Observance for the Dead
Chapter 13Veneration of Dogs
Chapter 14Crime of Killing an Otter
Chapter 15Sinners Deserving a Death Sentence
Chapter 16Impurity During Menstruation
Chapter 17Proper Disposition of Hair and Nails
Chapter 18The Unworthy Priest and the Rooster
Chapter 19Temptation of Zarathushtra by the Evil Spirit
Chapter 20Zoroastrian Concepts of Medicine
Chapter 21Invocations Against the Demons
Chapter 22Antidotes Against the Evil Spirit

Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography



Notă biografică

Mahnaz Moazami, Ph.D. (Sorbonne, 1995) Associate Research Scholar, Columbia University, and Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University, has written extensively on aspects of Zoroastrian tradition including Evil Animals in the Zoroastrian Religion (History of Religions, 2005).