Author: Haug, Martin, Edward William West & Destur Hoshangji Jamaspji Asa (eds.)
Title: The Book of Arda Viraf (Arda-Viraf namak), composed in 652.
Description: Pahlavi text prep. by Destur Hoshangji Jamaspji Asa ; revised. and collated with further manuscripts, with an English translation by Martin Haug and Edward William West. Amsterdam : Oriental Press, 1971. Reprint Bombay 1872-edition. Orig. cloth binding. lxxxvii, 316 pp. 23x16 cm. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : new. - Standard edition of the 'The Book of Arda Wiraz' (Middle Persian : Arda Wiraz namag, arda wiraz namag, sometimes called the Arda Wiraf) is a Zoroastrian religious text of the Sasanian era written in Middle Persian. It contains about 8,800 words. It describes the dream-journey of a devout Zoroastrian (the Wiraz of the story) through the next world. The text assumed its definitive form in the 9th-10th centuries after a long series of emendations. ISBN 9789060230947.

Keywords: ,