1st Edition

Ardā Wirāz Nāmag The Iranian 'Divina Commedia'

By Fereydun Vahman Copyright 1986
328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

Ardā Wirāz Nāmag or the Book of the Righteous Wirāz is an outstanding example of Iranian apocalyptic literature. It is in the Middle Persian (Pahlavi) language and was written probably during the later period of the Sasanian dynasty (AD 226-650). The Zoroastrian priests chose a man called Wirāz, the most righteous among them, to go to the spiritual realm to discover the truth of the... Read more

Preface.  Abbreviations.  Facsimile.  Text (Transliteration and Transcription).  Translation.  Commentary.  Glossary and Concordance.  Index of Transliterated Words with their Transcribed Equivalents.  Frequency Word-List of K20.  Bibliography.

Biography

Fereydun Vahman