Zoroastrianism in the Levant
Abouzayd, Shafiq (ed.). 2014. Zoroastrianism in the Levant: Proceedings of conferences held in 2010 & 2012. ARAM 26(1). Table of contents: Patricia Crone: “Pre-existence in Iran: “Zoroastrians,...
View ArticleThe Nisibis War
Harrel, John. 2016. The Nisibis War: The Defence of the Roman East AD 337–363. Pen & Sword Military. The war of 337-363 (which the author dubs the ‘Nisibis War’), was an exception to the...
View ArticleIrano-Talmudica
In the recently published issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review, four contributions explore different aspects of Talmudic scholarship in its late antique Iranian context (Irano-Talmudica) . The study of...
View ArticleThe New Chronology of the Bronze Age Settlement of Tepe Hissar, Iran
Gursan-Salzmann, Ayş. 2016. The New Chronology of the Bronze Age Settlement of Tepe Hissar, Iran. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology . Tepe Hissar is a...
View ArticleOn the Explanation of Chess and Backgammon
Touraj, Daryaee. 2016. On the explanation of chess and backgammon: A Middle Persian text (Ancient Iran Series 2). UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies. H&S Media. The book is an edition of the...
View ArticleCentral Asia and Iran: Greeks, Parthians, Kushans and Sasanians
Dabrowa, Edward (ed.). 2016. Central Asia and Iran: Greeks, Parthians, Kushans and Sasanians (Electrum 22). Krakow: Jagiellonian University Press. This volume contains 12 studies on political, social,...
View ArticleJerusalem in the Achaemenid Period
Kim, Jieun. 2016. Jerusalem in the Achaemenid period. Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. This is the first book to explore the importance of agriculture in relation to the...
View ArticleDefining All-Israel in Chronicles : Multi-Levelled Identity Negotiation in...
Jonker, Louis. C. 2016. Defining All-Israel in Chronicles : Multi-Levelled Identity Negotiation in Late Persian-Period Yehud. Forschungen zum Alten Testament 106. Tübingen. Mohr Siebeck. In this...
View ArticleSexual Desire in Jewish, Christian and Zoroastrian Ethics
Kiel, Yishai. 2016. Dynamics of Sexual Desire: Babylonian Rabbinic Culture at the Crossroads of Christian and Zoroastrian Ethics. Journal for the Study of Judaism 47. 1–47. The article examines the...
View ArticleCultural Transfer along the Silk Road
Espagne, Michel, Svetlana Gorshenina, Frank Grenet, Sahin Mustafayev & Claude Rapin (eds.). 2016. Asie centrale: transferts culturels le long de la route de la soie. Paris: Vendémiaire. This...
View ArticleArchaeology of Kurdistan
Kopanias, Konstantinos & John MacGinnis (eds.). 2016. The Archaeology of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Adjacent Regions. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. Kurdistan is home to some of the most...
View ArticleThe Bible as a Judeo-Persian Epic
Moreen, Vera Basch. 2016. The Bible as a Judeo-Persian epic: An illustrated manuscript of ʿImrānī’s Fatḥ-Nāma. Jerusalem: Ben Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East. Shervin...
View ArticleFriedrich Carl Andreas: A Man for All Seasons
Friedrich Carl Andreas: ein Sohn der vier Himmelsrichtungen A talk by Martin Tamcke Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 19.00 Lepsiushaus Potsdam A joint event organized by the Lepsiushauses Potsdam and the...
View ArticleIberia between Rome and Iran
Iberia between Rome and Iran from Pompey to Heraclius 07.- 09. July 2016, University of Jena An international colloquium on the history of Georgia in Late Antiquity (from the 1st century BC to the 7th...
View ArticleLevantine Epigraphy from the Achaemenid Period
Lemaire, André. 2015. Levantine epigraphy and history in the Achaemenid period (539-332 BCE). First edition. (Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology 2013). Oxford: Oxford University Press....
View ArticleA Political History of the Achaemenid Empire, new edition
Dandamaev, M. A. 2015. A political history of the Achaemenid Empire (Historical Library). Saint Petersburg: Academy of Cultural Studies. 3rd (2nd Russian) Edition. The first edition of this book was...
View ArticleDadabhai Naoroji’s correspondence
Mehrotra, Sri Ram & Dinyar Patel (eds.). 2016. Dadabhai Naoroji. Oxford University Press. Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-1917), popularly known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India, was a Parsi intellectual,...
View ArticleAssyrianizing Contexts at Hasanlu Tepe IVb
Danti, M. D. and M. Cifarelli. 2016. “Assyrianizing Contexts at Hasanlu Tepe IVb?: Materiality and Identity in Northwest Iran,” In J. MacGinnis, D. Wicke & T. Greenfield (eds.), The Provincial...
View ArticleMiddle Persian abāz-handāxtan
Saadat, Yusef. 2014. “Middle Persian abāz-handāxtan,” Journal of persianate studies 7, 137-148. The verb abāz-handāxtan is used in Dēnkard IV. Different definitions of the verb caused two divergent...
View ArticleAvestica
Humbach, Helmut & Klaus Faiss. 2016. Avestica. (Münchener Studien Zur Sprachwissenschaft. Beiheft NF 25). Dettelbach: Verlag J.H. Röll. This volume presents a collection of academic papers (mostly...
View Article