Auch Gedanken fallen manchmal unreif vom Baum.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Public lecture II
2. The Sasanian Empire and religious authority: The case of Zoroastrianism As one of the major political and economic powers in the region, the Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE) elevated Zoroastrianism to the dominant religious and cultural force within its polity, bringing to the foreground the question of the interaction between religion and sovereignty in the Sasanian…
Xerxes’ cabinet of curiosities
Xerxes’ cabinet of curiosities: Exotic animals and royal authority in Achaemenid Iran Speaker: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (University of Edinburgh) Where: The British Institute of Persian Studies, London When: 18 June 2014 Poster at the BIPS.
Zoroastrian exegetical parables
A thorough examination of the structure of one of the parables in the ŠGW. Sam’s comparison with examples from the Rabbinic literature is illuminating. Thrope, Samuel. 2013. Zoroastrian exegetical parables in the Škand Gumānīg Wizār. Iran and the Caucasus 17. 253-274. Read the article here. Abstract: The parable has received little attention as a form in…
Monotheism the Zoroastrian way
Hintze, Almut. 2014. Monotheism the Zoroastrian Way. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 24(2). 225–249. Read the article here. Abstract: This article examines seemingly monotheistic, polytheistic and dualistic features of Zoroastrianism from the point of view of the Zoroastrian creation myth. Exploring the personality of the principal deity, Ahura Mazdā, the origin of the spiritual and…
Communication in the Achaemenid Empire
The second international Summer School on Communication in the Achaemenid Empire: Achaemenid Elamite, Bisotun and the Persepolis Archive will be taking place at the Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia on 12–21 May 2014. 1. 4 days on Bisotun (1 day repetition of grammar, 3 days reading) 2. 4 days Persepolis Fortification Archive and Achaemenid culture…
Digitised copy of Shahnameh
A digitised copy of a Shahnameh dated 614 H./1217 and held at the Italian National Library in Florence is now available online. Access the digitised version here, or read more about the manuscript here.