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The hymns of Zoroaster : a new translation of the most ancient sacred texts of Iran by West, M L (editor) is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Existing translations of these texts are few, divergent in their interpretations of Zoroaster's original Avestan language, and mostly hard to access. M. L. West's new translation, based on the best modern scholarship and augmented by a substantial introduction and by explanations of each poem, makes these powerfully resonant documents available to a wide audience in clear and accessible form. --Book Jacket.
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- Author
- West, M L (editor)
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the U.S. and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781848853478
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Poetry, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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