Manichaean Sogdian Cosmogonical Texts
Morano, Enrico. 2019. Manichaean Sogdian cosmogonical texts in Manichaean script. In Chen Hao (ed.), Competing narratives between nomadic people and their sedentary neighbours (Studia Uralo-Altaica...
View ArticleIranian Studies (vol. 52, issue 5-6)
Issue 5-6 of Vol. 52 (2019) of the journal Iranian Studies with special interest to the Persian poet Saʿdi has now been published. Table of contents: Julia Caterina Hartley: Saʿdi at Large Daniela...
View ArticleThe Last Empire of Iran
Bonner, Michael Richard Jackson. 2020. The Last Empire of Iran (Gorgias Handbooks). Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press LLC. As part of the Gorgias Handbook Series, this book provides a political and...
View ArticleFrom Sardis to Marathon
Stronk, Jan P. 2019. From Sardis to Marathon. Greco-Persian Relations 499-490 BC: A Review. Part two: the Battle of Marathon and its Implications. Talanta 51, 77-226. The Battle of Marathon in 490 bc,...
View ArticleStudies in Ancient Persia and the Achaemenid Period
Curtis, John (ed.). 2020. Studies in Ancient Persia and the Achaemenid Period. A collection of essays in memory of the curator and scholar Terence Mitchell, exploring the history and archaeology of...
View ArticleAncient West & East
The latest volume of Ancient West & East, dedicated to Professor Amélie Kuhrt to celebrate her 75th birthday, contains several interesting papers. Table of contents of vol. 18 (2019) of the journal...
View ArticleSummer School in Languages and Linguistics
The Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics takes place from 13 to 24 July 2020 and offers courses on Old, Middle and New Iranian languages. For more information, see the school’s website....
View ArticleOrientalism and the Reception of Powerful Women
Carlà-Uhink, Filippo & Anja Wieber (eds.). 2020. Orientalism and the Reception of Powerful Women from the Ancient World. London: Bloomsbury Academic. This volume investigates how ancient women, and...
View ArticleZaraθuštrōtǝma: Zoroastrian and Iranian Studies in Honour of Philip Kreyenbroek
Farridnejad, Shervin (ed.). 2020. Zaraθuštrōtǝma: Zoroastrian and Iranian studies in honour of Philip G. Kreyenbroek (Ancient Iran Series 10). Irvine: Jordan Center for Persian Studies. This...
View ArticleZoroastrian Scholasticism in Late Antiquity
Zeini, Arash. 2020. Zoroastrian scholasticism in late antiquity. The Pahlavi version of the Yasna Haptaŋhāiti. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. In late antiquity, Zoroastrian exegetes set out to...
View ArticleLives of Sogdians in Medieval China
Huber, Moritz. 2020. Lives of Sogdians in medieval China (Asiatische Forschungen 160). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. Sogdians, a group of Central Asians based between the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya,...
View ArticleJournal of Near Eastern Studies
The first issue of volume 79 of Journal of Near Eastern Studies (JNES) is out. Several papers of this issue are related to Iran: Sajjad Alibaigi, Shahram Aliyari, John MacGinnis, and Naser Aminikhah –...
View ArticleViolence and the Mutilated Body in Achaemenid Iran
Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd. 2020. Violence and the Mutilated Body in Achaemenid Iran. In Garrett G. Fagan, Linda Fibiger, Mark Hudson, and Matthew Trundle (eds.), The Cambridge World History of Violence....
View ArticleReign of Arrows
Overtoom, Nikolaus Leo. 2020. Reign of Arrows: The Rise of the Parthian Empire in the Hellenistic Middle East. Oxford: Oxford University Press. From its origins as a minor nomadic tribe to its status...
View ArticleAncient Iranian Numismatics
Faghfoury, Mostafa (ed.). 2020. Ancient Iranian Numismatics: In Memory of David Sellwood. Irvine: Jordan Center for Persian Studies. The present volume which includes some of the most recent studies on...
View ArticleTappeh Sialk: The Glory of Ancient Kashan
Nokandeh, Jebrael, John Curtis & Marielle Pic (eds.). 2019. Tappeh Sialk: The Glory of Ancient Kashan. London: Iran Heritage Foundation. Tappeh Sialk on the outskirts of modern Kashan is arguably...
View ArticleThus Replied Zarathustra
Van Sevenant, Ann. 2020. Thus replied Zarathustra. Mimesis International. Throughout Western universities, ancient Greek philosophy is seen as the oldest tradition of wisdom, yet the Zoroastrian way of...
View ArticleWēś in Early Kushan Coinage
Taasob, Razieh. 2020. Representation of Wēś in early Kushan coinage: Royal or local cult? Afghanistan 3(1). 83–106. The religious significance of Wēś is a widely debated topic in the historical and...
View ArticleThe Art of Elam
Álvarez-Mon, Javier. 2020. The Art of Elam CA. 4200–525 BC. London & New York: Routledge. Not unlike a gallery of historical paintings, this comprehensive treatment of the rich heritage of ancient...
View ArticleCanon of Ancient Iranian Art
Colburn, Henry. 2020. The canon of ancient Iranian art: From grand narratives to local perspectives. In Amy Gansell and Ann Shafer (eds.), Testing the canon of ancient Near Eastern art and archaeology....
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