Mahnaz Moazami
Biographic Data
| ID | 137048 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mahnaz Moazami |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mahnaz |
| FAMILY NAME | Moazami |
| SIGNATURE | MOAZAMI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Laws of Ritual Purity
Laws of Ritual Purity: Zand ī Fragard ī Jud-Dēw-Dād (A Commentary on the Chapters of the Widēwdād) describes the various ways in which Zoroastrian authorities in the fifth-sixth centuries CE reinterpreted the purity laws of their community. Its redactor(s), conversant with the notions and practices of purity and impurity as developed by their predecessors, attempt(s) to determine the parameters of the various categories of pollution, the minimum …
A Purging Presence
As in many cultures Zoroastrians consider corpses as foci of pollution. Corpses are unclean and dangerous since they are afflicted by the demon of dead matter. As soon as the dying person loses consciousness, the demon of dead matter arrives from the north in the form of a fly and attacks the body. To counteract her influence, a corpse must be exposed to the gaze of a dog or a bird of prey before it is left exposed outside in the funerary tower. …
Wrestling with the Demons of the Pahlavi Widēwdād
The Pahlavi Widēwdād (Vidēvdād), The Law (Serving to Keep) Demons Away, a fifth-century Middle Persian commentary on the Avestan Vidēvdād, describes rules and regulations that serve to prevent pollution caused by dead matter, menstrual discharges, and other agents. It recognizes the perpetual presence of the demons, the forces of the Evil Spirit –forces that should be fought through law-abiding conduct. In spite of its formidable textual problems…
Witches, Whores, and Sorcerers
S. K. Mendoza Forrest has produced an engaging analysis of the concept of evil in Witches, Whores, and Sorcerers: The Concept of Evil in Early Iran. There are illuminating illustrations of the ways in which evil was understood, categorized, and warded off in early Iranian traditions. The author interweaves Iranian material with references to Indian culture while taking full note of the classic writings of Bronislaw Malinowski, S. J. Tambiah, and …
The dog in Zoroastrian religion
The Indo-Iranian Journal (IIJ), founded in 1957, is a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the ancient and medieval languages and cultures of South Asia and of pre-Islamic Iran. It publishes articles on Indo-Iranian languages (linguistics and literatures), such as Sanskrit, Avestan, Middle Iranian and Middle & New Indo-Aryan. It publishes specialized research on ancient Iranian religion and the Indian religions, such as the Veda, Hinduism, Jaini…
Evil Animals in the Zoroastrian Religion
The Legend of the flood in Zoroastrian Tradition
Ancient Iranian civil legislation. A Legal section of the Pahlavi Videvdad
Le chapitre quatre du Vidēvdād traite le plus ancien code civil et penal de la religion zoroastrienne. Ce chapitre est le seul du Vidēvdād qui s'occupe strictement de la legislation: il traite des contrats et des attentats sur les personnes. Les contrats sont divises en deux categories, selon leur but ou selon la valeur de leur objet. Les distinctions sont les suivantes: le contrat de parole (pad-gŌwisn); le contrat de main (dast-must); le contra…
Ahmad Tafazzoli (1937-1997)
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La place de l'animal dans la conception zoroastrienne. L'histoire des animaux à travers les textes pehlevis
L'element le plus caracteristique de la religion zoroastrienne, le dualisme, a marque tous les aspects de la vie de la civilisation iranienne, au premier chef a l'epoque sassanide. Ce dualisme divise l'univers tout entier en deux domaines de l'etre : toutes les bonnes creations decoulent de l'activite creatrice d'Ohrmazd, l'esprit benefique, et toutes les creations mauvaises proviennent d'Ahriman, l'esprit hostile. Par consequent, selon cette rel…
Evil Animals in the Zoroastrian Religion
Wrestling with the Demons of the Pahlavi Widēwdād
The Pahlavi Widēwdād (Vidēvdād), The Law (Serving to Keep) Demons Away, a fifth-century Middle Persian commentary on the Avestan Vidēvdād, describes rules and regulations that serve to prevent pollution caused by dead matter, menstrual discharges, and other agents. It recognizes the perpetual presence of the demons, the forces of the Evil Spirit –forces that should be fought through law-abiding conduct. In spite of its formidable textual problems…
The dog in Zoroastrian religion
The Indo-Iranian Journal (IIJ), founded in 1957, is a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the ancient and medieval languages and cultures of South Asia and of pre-Islamic Iran. It publishes articles on Indo-Iranian languages (linguistics and literatures), such as Sanskrit, Avestan, Middle Iranian and Middle & New Indo-Aryan. It publishes specialized research on ancient Iranian religion and the Indian religions, such as the Veda, Hinduism, Jaini…
La place de l'animal dans la conception zoroastrienne. L'histoire des animaux à travers les textes pehlevis
L'element le plus caracteristique de la religion zoroastrienne, le dualisme, a marque tous les aspects de la vie de la civilisation iranienne, au premier chef a l'epoque sassanide. Ce dualisme divise l'univers tout entier en deux domaines de l'etre : toutes les bonnes creations decoulent de l'activite creatrice d'Ohrmazd, l'esprit benefique, et toutes les creations mauvaises proviennent d'Ahriman, l'esprit hostile. Par consequent, selon cette rel…
Ahmad Tafazzoli (1937-1997)
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Ancient Iranian civil legislation. A Legal section of the Pahlavi Videvdad
Le chapitre quatre du Vidēvdād traite le plus ancien code civil et penal de la religion zoroastrienne. Ce chapitre est le seul du Vidēvdād qui s'occupe strictement de la legislation: il traite des contrats et des attentats sur les personnes. Les contrats sont divises en deux categories, selon leur but ou selon la valeur de leur objet. Les distinctions sont les suivantes: le contrat de parole (pad-gŌwisn); le contrat de main (dast-must); le contra…
The Legend of the flood in Zoroastrian Tradition
Evil Animals in the Zoroastrian Religion
The dog in Zoroastrian religion
The Indo-Iranian Journal (IIJ), founded in 1957, is a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the ancient and medieval languages and cultures of South Asia and of pre-Islamic Iran. It publishes articles on Indo-Iranian languages (linguistics and literatures), such as Sanskrit, Avestan, Middle Iranian and Middle & New Indo-Aryan. It publishes specialized research on ancient Iranian religion and the Indian religions, such as the Veda, Hinduism, Jaini…
Witches, Whores, and Sorcerers
S. K. Mendoza Forrest has produced an engaging analysis of the concept of evil in Witches, Whores, and Sorcerers: The Concept of Evil in Early Iran. There are illuminating illustrations of the ways in which evil was understood, categorized, and warded off in early Iranian traditions. The author interweaves Iranian material with references to Indian culture while taking full note of the classic writings of Bronislaw Malinowski, S. J. Tambiah, and …
Wrestling with the Demons of the Pahlavi Widēwdād
The Pahlavi Widēwdād (Vidēvdād), The Law (Serving to Keep) Demons Away, a fifth-century Middle Persian commentary on the Avestan Vidēvdād, describes rules and regulations that serve to prevent pollution caused by dead matter, menstrual discharges, and other agents. It recognizes the perpetual presence of the demons, the forces of the Evil Spirit –forces that should be fought through law-abiding conduct. In spite of its formidable textual problems…
A Purging Presence
As in many cultures Zoroastrians consider corpses as foci of pollution. Corpses are unclean and dangerous since they are afflicted by the demon of dead matter. As soon as the dying person loses consciousness, the demon of dead matter arrives from the north in the form of a fly and attacks the body. To counteract her influence, a corpse must be exposed to the gaze of a dog or a bird of prey before it is left exposed outside in the funerary tower. …
Laws of Ritual Purity
Laws of Ritual Purity: Zand ī Fragard ī Jud-Dēw-Dād (A Commentary on the Chapters of the Widēwdād) describes the various ways in which Zoroastrian authorities in the fifth-sixth centuries CE reinterpreted the purity laws of their community. Its redactor(s), conversant with the notions and practices of purity and impurity as developed by their predecessors, attempt(s) to determine the parameters of the various categories of pollution, the minimum …
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