Jes P. Asmussen
- ACTS OF ĀDUR-HORMIZD AND OF ANĀHĪD
ACTS OF ĀDUR-HORMIZD AND OF ANĀHĪD, Syriac martyrological texts. Their events are set in the year 446 A.D., during the…
- AĒŠMA
AĒŠMA “wrath” in Younger Avestan: Gathic aēšəma-, Middle Persian (x)ēšm, Pāzand and New Persian ḵašm, ḵešm. (On the word’s root…
- AFRAHĀṬ
AFRAHĀṬ, name attested in Syriac (ʾfrhṭ) of a number of Iranian Christian churchmen. Cf. Middle Persian frahaxtan “educate, teach, instruct”…
- AFRAHĀṬ, YAʿQŪB
AFRAHĀṬ, YAʿQŪB, Persian bishop of the mid-4th century A.D., author in Syriac. (The younger form of the name, Farhād, is…
- ĀFRĪD
ĀFRĪD, 5th century A.D. Christian bishop of the province of Sagastān (i.e., Sīstān). Āfrīd is a proper name, also occurring…
- AḴNŪḴ
AḴNŪḴ, Enoch, in Manichean texts. According to the Cologne Mani Codex, the outstanding Greek Mani-vita, the prophet grew up in…
- ALCHASAI
ALCHASAI, a sectarian in the early Christian Church, 1st-2nd centuries A.D., in the time of Trajan. His historical existence is…
- AMMŌ, MĀR
AMMŌ, MĀR (Mid. Ir. mry ‘mw), Manichean apostle, outstanding figure in the missionary history of Manicheism during the 3rd century…
- ANDARZGAR
ANDARZGAR, Mid. Pers. term, “counselor, teacher,” cited as a proper name of the “bishop” of the Mazdakites by the 6th-century…
- ANGALYŪN
ANGALYŪN, Persian rendering of the title of the Gospel (Gk. Euangélion) of Mani. This work was considered the most important…
- ARŽANG
ARŽANG (Mid. Ir. Ardahang), an extra-canonical work of Mani. It was a volume of drawings and paintings (a negār-nāma, in…
- ARZŪR
ARZŪR, Mid. Pers. form of Avestan Arəzūra-, the name of a demon of unclear origin or function in Zoroastrian tradition….
- ĀZ
ĀZ, Iranian demon known from Zoroastrian, Zurvanite, and, especially, Manichean sources. Avestan Āzi- (not in the Gāθās) derives from the…
- BAR KŌNAY, THEODORE
BAR KŌNAY, THEODORE (Kēwānay = Saturninus, not Kōnī, according to Cambridge University Library ms. Add. 1998; cf. Burkitt, p. 14…
- BARLAAM AND IOSAPH
BARLAAM AND IOSAPH, Persian Belawhar o Būdāsaf, a Greek Christian or Christianized novel of Buddhist origins which throughout the Middle…
- BARR, KAJ
BARR, KAJ, Danish orientalist (b. 26 June 1896 in Copenhagen, d. 4 January 1970). Kaj Barr began his studies at…
- BASILIUS OF CAESAREA
BASILIUS of CAESAREA or Basilius the Great (ca. a.d. 330-79), bishop in Caesarea in Cappadocia from 370, after Eusebius. Basilius…
- INSTITUTE FOR IRANIAN PHILOLOGY i. FORERUNNERS
i. FORERUNNERS Although the Institute was founded only in 1961, it has a long prehistory, since it is the natural…
- BIBLE vi. Judeo-Persian Translations
BIBLE vi. Judeo-Persian Translations of the Bible Judeo-Persian or Jewish-Persian is the common designation for, Persian written with Hebrew characters….
- DENMARK
DENMARK: relations with Persia. i. Political, economic, and cultural relations. ii. Danish-Iranian Society. i. POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL RELATIONS…
- CONFESSIONS
CONFESSIONS i. In the Zoroastrian faith. ii. In the Manicheism. i. In the Zoroastrian faith Acknowledgment, repentance, and confession of…
- CODICES HAFNIENSES
CODICES HAFNIENSES, forty-three Avestan and Pahlavi codices acquired by Rasmus Kristian Rask (1787-1832) in Bombay, India, and Niels Ludvig Westergaard…
- CHRISTENSEN, ARTHUR EMANUEL
CHRISTENSEN, ARTHUR EMANUEL (b. Copenhagen 9 January 1875, d. Copenhagen 31 March 1945), Danish orientalist and scholar of Iranian philology…
- BOḴT-ARDAŠĪR
BOḴT-ARDAŠĪR (Mid. Pers. Bōxt-Artaxšīr/Ardašīr), name of a town (rōstāg) that, according to the Kār-nāmag ī Ardašīr ī Pābagān, Ardašīr I…
- ARMĀʾĪL
ARMĀʾĪL (Mid. Pers. Armāyēl “the Aramean,” with a Georgian ethnic suffix, as noted by Markwart, Provincial Capitals, p. 68), a…