Auch Gedanken fallen manchmal unreif vom Baum.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
The language of heaven in Safavid Iran
Congratulations to Dan Sheffield and Alireza Korangy on publishing this excellent Festschrift. Dan’s own very interesting contribution to the volume: Sheffield, Dan. 2014. The language of heaven in Safavid Iran: Speech and cosmology in the thought of Āẕar Kayvān and his followers. In Alireza Korangy & Daniel Sheffield (eds.), No tapping around philology: A Festschrift
Wrestling with the Demons
Moazami, Mahnaz. 2014. Wrestling with the Demons of the Pahlavi Widēwdād. Transcription, Translation, and Commentary (Iran Studies 9). Leiden/Boston: Brill. 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,
نامهای به یزدانگرد
An introduction by Touraj Daryaee to Pahlavi papyri and their importance for historical research. دریایی، تورج. ۱۳۹۲. نامهای به یزدانگرد: درآمدی بر پاپیروسهای پهلوی. در جشن نامه دکتر فتح الله مجتبی. تهران. مقاله را اینجا بخوانید.
Introduction to Avestan
This introduction was first published in 2001 in Spanish. It is now being made available in English translation. Martínez, Javier & Michiel de Vaan. 2014. Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages I). Leiden/Boston: Brill. Translated from Spanish by Ryan Sandell. See here for more.
Of gods and kings
I found the work of Brisch inspiring and guiding, when I was researching the theme of ‘Iranian kingship’ in St Andrews. Brisch, Nicole. 2013. Of gods and kings. Religion Compass 7(2). 37–46. Read the article here.
Ioudaios before and after “Religion”
Reed’s insightful reflections on the Greek term ioudaios and how modern assumptions about the concept of ‘religion’ shape our understanding of ancient texts. This piece was published in the Marginalia Review of Books online forum Jews and Judeans. Yoshiko Reed, Annette. 2014. Ioudaios before and after “Religion”. Read the article here.