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Judeo-Persian Writings: A Manifestation of Intellectual and Literary Life book cover

1st Edition

Judeo-Persian Writings A Manifestation of Intellectual and Literary Life

By Nahid Pirnazar Copyright 2020
140 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

140 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

140 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Introducing Judeo-Persian writings, this original collection gives parallel samples in Judeo-Persian and Perso-Arabic script and translations in English. Judeo-Persian writings not only reflect the twenty-seven centuries of Jewish life in Iran, but they are also a testament to their intellectual, cultural, and socioeconomic conditions. Such writings, found in the forms of verse or prose, are... Read more

Part I Formation and History of Judeo-Persian

1. An Overview of Iranian Jewish Intellectual History

2. Thematic Contents of Judeo-Persian Literature: Literary Genres in Judeo-Persian Poetry

3. Thematic Contents of Judeo-Persian Prose

Conclusion

Part II Samples of Judeo-Persian Writings

1. Biblical Epic Poetry

2. Historical Poetry

3. Lyric Poetry

4. Vernacular Poetry

5. Mystic Poetry

6. Didactic Poetry

7. Panegyric Poetry

8. Satirical Poetry

9. Different Vocabularies and Ethnicities

10. Literary Terms

11. Epic Concepts and Legendary Heroes

12. Zoroastrian Concepts

13. Rhetorical Arts

14. Rhythmic Embellished Prose

Bibliography

Biography

Nahid Pirnazar teaches Judeo-Persian literature and the history of Iranian Jews at UCLA and is the founder of House of Judeo-Persian Manuscripts. Her recent publications include: Farsihood (2018), "Voluntary Conversions of Iranian Jews in the Nineteenth Century", Iran Namg (2019) and Ketab-Anusi (2020).

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