Religious themes and texts of pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia

Studies in honour of Professor Gherardo Gnoli on the occasion of his 65th birthday on 6th December 2002

Edited by Mauro Maggi Edited by Carlo Cereti Edited by Elio Provasi

Book cover: Religious themes and texts of pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia

Extent: 512 pages

Publisher: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies

Series: Beiträge zur Iranistik

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2003)

ISBN: 9783895003295

6.69 x 9.45 inches

Price: $165.00

In stock

The volume contains forty-one papers dedicated to the distinguished Iranianist by colleagues, friends and former students, and a complete bibliography of the dedicatee. The papers deal with a variety of themes relating to Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Christianity, Buddhism and the multifarious religious history of pre-Islamic Iran approached mainly, but not exclusively, from a historical and philological point of view. The volume also contains a number of previously unpublished or untranslated religious texts as well as re-editions and new translations. The papers cover all Old and Middle Iranian languages, New Persian and other New Iranian languages.


The volume contains forty-one papers dedicated to the distinguished Iranianist by colleagues, friends and former students, and a complete bibliography of the dedicatee. The papers deal with a variety of themes relating to Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Christianity, Buddhism and the multifarious religious history of pre-Islamic Iran approached mainly, but not exclusively, from a historical and philological point of view. The volume also contains a number of previously unpublished or untranslated religious texts as well as re-editions and new translations. The papers cover all Old and Middle Iranian languages, New Persian and other New Iranian languages.

  • Edited by Mauro Maggi
  • Edited by Carlo Cereti
  • Edited by Elio Provasi

"This book will be of great interst to students of so many aspects of Iran in the widest sense in the ancient and medieval periods and is surely a fitting tribute to Gherardo Gnoli." Bulletin of the Oriental and African Studies. 68/3. S. 473-476

„This book will be of great interst to students of so many aspects of Iran in the widest sense in the ancient and medieval periods and is surely a fitting tribute to Gherardo Gnoli.“<br/><br/>In: Bulletin of the Oriental and African Studies. 68/3. S. 473-476.