The Hymns of Zoroaster
A New Translation of the Most Ancient Sacred Texts of Iran
$40.50
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
11 July 2019
Summary
A new translation of the foundation texts of the Zoroastrian religion, the Gathas (songs) composed by Zoraster himself, together with the Liturgy in seven chapters composed shortly after his death some 2600 years ago. After a substantial introduction to Zoroaster’s religious thought, West presents the translations with facing page explanations of the meaning of each verse.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350127463 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1350127469 |
| Author: | M.L. West |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 11 July 2019 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 138mm x 214mm |
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M.L. West
M. L. West is an Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy. From 1974-91 he was Professor of Greek at Royal Holloway, University of London. His many books include The Orphic Poems (1983), An Introduction to Greek Metre (1987), Ancient Greek Music (1992) and Indo-European Poetry and Myth (2007).
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