Shaul Shaked
(1933–2021), a specialists in Zoroastrianism, Iranian-Jewish culture, Middle Persian and Early Judæo-Persian, Magic and Comparative Religion.
- ANDARZ i. Andarz and andarz literature in pre-Islamic Iran
i. ANDARZ AND ANDARZ LITERATURE IN PRE-ISLAMIC IRAN The Middle and New Persian term andarz is most often applied to remarks…
- ARAMAIC iii. Iranian loanwords in Middle Aramaic
ii. Iranian Loanwords In Early Aramaic Speakers of Iranian languages were in all likelihood in contact with Aramaic speakers from…
- BAḴT ii. The concept
ii. The Concept The Middle Persian and New Persian term baḵt, which designates “lot, share, fortune,” is derived from the…
- BARUCH
BARUCH (Barūḵ, Bārūḵin Ar. sources), the son of Neriah, was the scribe and disciple of the prophet Jeremiah, who lived…
- AYĀDGĀR Ī WUZURGMIHR
AYĀDGĀR Ī WUZURGMIHR, a popular-religious andarz composition in Pahlavi, attributed to one of the best-known sages of the Sasanian period,…
- ESCHATOLOGY i. In Zoroastrianism and Zoroastrian Influence
ESCHATOLOGY i. In Zoroastrianism and Zoroastrian Influence General Observations. Faith in the events beyond life on this earth is attested…
- BIBLE iv. Middle Persian Translations
BIBLE iv. Middle Persian Translations of the Bible We have knowledge of Bible translations into Middle Persian at least from…
- ESTHER, BOOK OF
ESTHER,BOOK OF, a short book of the Old Testament, written in Hebrew. It recounts events supposed to have taken place…
- ISRAEL iii. IRANIAN STUDIES
ISRAEL iii. IRANIAN STUDIES IN ISRAEL A department of Iranian Studies was only formally established in Israel in 1970, but…
- ISAIAH, BOOK OF
ISAIAH, BOOK OF, one of the books of the Hebrew Bible. The book, which is traditionally arranged among those of…
- HAMAN
HAMAN, the chief courtier of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes, Xšayārša; q.v.), according to the story of the Book of Esther in…
- HADITH v. AS INFLUENCED BY IRANIAN IDEAS AND PRACTICES
HADITH v. HADITH AS INFLUENCED BY IRANIAN IDEAS AND PRACTICES The contact of Arabia with ancient Iran started even…
- GĒTĪG AND MĒNŌG
GĒTĪG AND MĒNŌG, a pair of Middle Persian terms that designate the two forms of existence according to the traditional…