Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2023. — 474 p. Translated from French into English by Richard Tahmaseb Niroumand Avestan is the sacred language of the Zoroastrians in which they perform most of their rituals. It is known only from its use in the rituals of modern Zoroastrians and the manuscripts reproducing these rituals since the 13th century. Although sure dates cannot be provided,...
Rodopi, 2003. — 750 p. — (Leiden Studies in Indo-European 12). For the first time, the vowels of Avestan are studied comprehensively on the synchronic and diachronic level. All vowel changes which have occurred after the Proto-Iranian stage are discussed, and they are placed in a relative chronology. The phonological system of Avestan at various stages of its development is...
Gorgias Press, 2009. — 421 S. — (Gorgias Historical Grammars 17). A crucial stopping-point on the road to the early understanding of the Avestan language, Spiegel’s work was an early European attempt to comprehend this ancient and complex language. One of the two oldest languages of Iran, Avestan is probably best known as the language of the Zoroastrian Avesta. This historic...
Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1989. — 97 S. Die Erstaufzeichnung des Avesta-Corpus, von den Verfassern hier als „Sasanidischer Archetypus“ bezeichnet, wird erstmals in einer zusammenhängenden Darstellung untersucht. Es handelt sich um die Frage, wie sich die eigenartige Überlieferung erklärt, in der die avestischen Schriften Zarathustras und seiner Anhänger vorliegen....
Reichert Verlag, 2023. — 443 p. This study investigates the role of paratext in Zoroastrian scribal tradition, with a focus on the Avesta manuscripts. It examines how paratexts, such as colophons and marginal notes, contribute to organizing and interpreting the content of these manuscripts. These elements not only structure the knowledge but also reflect the roles and...