Matthias Weinreich
Biographic Data
| ID | 6404599 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthias Weinreich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthias |
| FAMILY NAME | Weinreich |
| SIGNATURE | WEINREICH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Russian-Armenian University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8171-3429 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Fall from Grace
Zarathustra, the prophet of traditional Iranian religion, and Saint Gregory the Illuminator, the founder of the Armenian Apostolic Church, are both said to have succeeded in convincing powerful rulers to change their religious views and impose the new faith on their subjects. Starting from the premise that Zarathustra’s and St. Gregory’s life stories were composed in the context of shared cultural traditions, this paper aims to identify common mo…
Out of the Mouth of Babes … (Ps. 8
The present paper investigates the role of children as mediators between the world of humans and the divine, as reflected in Zoroastrian Middle Persian texts. Taking the curious portrayal of the main protagonist of the Pahlavi “Story of Jōišt ī Friyān ” as a starting point, it examines how the author of the tale accentuates his own educational message by attributing it to an underage boy. In this context the article attempts to contribute to the …
Hunza Matters
In the Spirit of Zarathustra
The present study investigates the intertextual relationship between the Pahlavi “Story of Jōišt ī Friyān” and the biography of Zarathustra, as recorded in pre-modern Zoroastrian sources. The first part of the study contains the presentation and analysis of intertextual fragments within the Pahlavi tale, which can be discerned as referencing the Zoroastrian prophet’s life and deeds, forging an associative link between the central character of the…
Between Zoroastrian Mytho-History and Islamic Hagiography
The paper presents a comparative analysis of the Pahlavi “Story of Jōišt ī Friyān”, comparing it with three other tales, which span several hundred years and belong to several cultural traditions. By isolating structural and content-related features from the narrative core of these tales and setting them into relation with each other, the present author attempts to answer the following questions. Are there meaningful parallels between these four …
Giving Sense to it All
The article provides a literary analysis of three Middle Persian tales: the Story of Jōišt ī Friyān , the Memorial of Zarēr , and the Explanation of Chess and the Invention of Backgammon . Similar to most works of Zoroastrian narrative literature, composed in the late Sasanian and early Islamic era, they are based on oral traditions and contain numerous references to personalities and events also familiar from other Iranian sources. But, differen…
Studies on Iran and The Caucasus
This unique collection of essays by leading international scholars gives a profound introduction into the great diversity and richness of facets forming the study of one of earth’s most exciting areas, the Iranian and Caucasian lands. Each of the 37 contributions sheds light on a very special topic, the range of which comprises historical, cultural, ethnographical, religious, political and last but not least literary and linguistic issues, beginn…
The Songs of the Taliban
The second half of the 1990s saw the emergence of a new, distinctive type of Afghan poetry, the Taliban tarana performed in Pashto by one or more vocalists without instrumental accompaniment and characterised by the melodic modes of local folk music. Over the last fifteen years the tarana chants have gained wide distribution within Afghanistan and Pashto speaking parts of Pakistan, as well as among the Pashtun diaspora. Considering their unambigu…
Language Shift in Northern Pakistan
The paper is devoted to the phenomenon of mother tongue change, which is known as the most common course of language death. The languages under consideration are Domaakí, with ca. 350 speakers in the Nager and Hunza Valleys, and Pashto, as spoken by permanent migrants in ca. 150 households scattered all over the Northern Areas. By analysing and comparing the social environment of both speech communities the author attempts to illustrate the impor…
Pashto im Karakorum. Zur Sprachsituation und Sprache einer ethno-linguistischen Minderheit
Mehrsprachigkeit Und Schrift Betrachtungen Zur Entwicklung Von Schriftsystemen Iranischer Sprachen Im Sowjetischen Mittelasien
Books Reviews & Notes
The Heroes of Kasht (Kasti k'ajer): An Armenian Epic. Assembled from Oral Sources and Retold by Karapet Sital. Edited and Translated, with an Introductory Essay, by James R. Russell. Ann Arbor: "Caravan Books", 2000. 241 * Maryam Poya. Women, Work and Islamism: Ideology and Resistance in Iran. London & New York: "Zed Books", 1999. 245 Heinz Fahnrich. Lexikon Georgische Mythologie. Wiesbaden: "Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag", 2000. 246 * OCHOB]61 npaH…
Die Pashto-Sprecher Des Karakorum
Der nachfolgende Beitrag entstand im Ergebnis von Feldforschungsaktivitäten, die ich in den Jahren 1993-1995 im Rahmen des DFG Schwerpunktprogramms "Kulturraum Karakorum" und mit der Gewährung einer Sachbeihilfe seitens der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft wahrnehmen konnte. Ich möchte an dieser Stelle der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft sowie den am Programm beteiligten Kollegen Prof. Dr. Manfred Lorenz, Prof. Dr. Horst Grienig, Prof. Dr. Herma…
Language Shift in Northern Pakistan
The paper is devoted to the phenomenon of mother tongue change, which is known as the most common course of language death. The languages under consideration are Domaakí, with ca. 350 speakers in the Nager and Hunza Valleys, and Pashto, as spoken by permanent migrants in ca. 150 households scattered all over the Northern Areas. By analysing and comparing the social environment of both speech communities the author attempts to illustrate the impor…
Giving Sense to it All
The article provides a literary analysis of three Middle Persian tales: the Story of Jōišt ī Friyān , the Memorial of Zarēr , and the Explanation of Chess and the Invention of Backgammon . Similar to most works of Zoroastrian narrative literature, composed in the late Sasanian and early Islamic era, they are based on oral traditions and contain numerous references to personalities and events also familiar from other Iranian sources. But, differen…
Die Pashto-Sprecher Des Karakorum
Der nachfolgende Beitrag entstand im Ergebnis von Feldforschungsaktivitäten, die ich in den Jahren 1993-1995 im Rahmen des DFG Schwerpunktprogramms "Kulturraum Karakorum" und mit der Gewährung einer Sachbeihilfe seitens der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft wahrnehmen konnte. Ich möchte an dieser Stelle der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft sowie den am Programm beteiligten Kollegen Prof. Dr. Manfred Lorenz, Prof. Dr. Horst Grienig, Prof. Dr. Herma…
Books Reviews & Notes
The Heroes of Kasht (Kasti k'ajer): An Armenian Epic. Assembled from Oral Sources and Retold by Karapet Sital. Edited and Translated, with an Introductory Essay, by James R. Russell. Ann Arbor: "Caravan Books", 2000. 241 * Maryam Poya. Women, Work and Islamism: Ideology and Resistance in Iran. London & New York: "Zed Books", 1999. 245 Heinz Fahnrich. Lexikon Georgische Mythologie. Wiesbaden: "Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag", 2000. 246 * OCHOB]61 npaH…
Die Pashto-Sprecher Des Karakorum
Der nachfolgende Beitrag entstand im Ergebnis von Feldforschungsaktivitäten, die ich in den Jahren 1993-1995 im Rahmen des DFG Schwerpunktprogramms "Kulturraum Karakorum" und mit der Gewährung einer Sachbeihilfe seitens der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft wahrnehmen konnte. Ich möchte an dieser Stelle der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft sowie den am Programm beteiligten Kollegen Prof. Dr. Manfred Lorenz, Prof. Dr. Horst Grienig, Prof. Dr. Herma…
Mehrsprachigkeit Und Schrift Betrachtungen Zur Entwicklung Von Schriftsystemen Iranischer Sprachen Im Sowjetischen Mittelasien
Pashto im Karakorum. Zur Sprachsituation und Sprache einer ethno-linguistischen Minderheit
Language Shift in Northern Pakistan
The paper is devoted to the phenomenon of mother tongue change, which is known as the most common course of language death. The languages under consideration are Domaakí, with ca. 350 speakers in the Nager and Hunza Valleys, and Pashto, as spoken by permanent migrants in ca. 150 households scattered all over the Northern Areas. By analysing and comparing the social environment of both speech communities the author attempts to illustrate the impor…
The Songs of the Taliban
The second half of the 1990s saw the emergence of a new, distinctive type of Afghan poetry, the Taliban tarana performed in Pashto by one or more vocalists without instrumental accompaniment and characterised by the melodic modes of local folk music. Over the last fifteen years the tarana chants have gained wide distribution within Afghanistan and Pashto speaking parts of Pakistan, as well as among the Pashtun diaspora. Considering their unambigu…
Studies on Iran and The Caucasus
This unique collection of essays by leading international scholars gives a profound introduction into the great diversity and richness of facets forming the study of one of earth’s most exciting areas, the Iranian and Caucasian lands. Each of the 37 contributions sheds light on a very special topic, the range of which comprises historical, cultural, ethnographical, religious, political and last but not least literary and linguistic issues, beginn…
Giving Sense to it All
The article provides a literary analysis of three Middle Persian tales: the Story of Jōišt ī Friyān , the Memorial of Zarēr , and the Explanation of Chess and the Invention of Backgammon . Similar to most works of Zoroastrian narrative literature, composed in the late Sasanian and early Islamic era, they are based on oral traditions and contain numerous references to personalities and events also familiar from other Iranian sources. But, differen…
Between Zoroastrian Mytho-History and Islamic Hagiography
The paper presents a comparative analysis of the Pahlavi “Story of Jōišt ī Friyān”, comparing it with three other tales, which span several hundred years and belong to several cultural traditions. By isolating structural and content-related features from the narrative core of these tales and setting them into relation with each other, the present author attempts to answer the following questions. Are there meaningful parallels between these four …
In the Spirit of Zarathustra
The present study investigates the intertextual relationship between the Pahlavi “Story of Jōišt ī Friyān” and the biography of Zarathustra, as recorded in pre-modern Zoroastrian sources. The first part of the study contains the presentation and analysis of intertextual fragments within the Pahlavi tale, which can be discerned as referencing the Zoroastrian prophet’s life and deeds, forging an associative link between the central character of the…
Hunza Matters
Out of the Mouth of Babes … (Ps. 8
The present paper investigates the role of children as mediators between the world of humans and the divine, as reflected in Zoroastrian Middle Persian texts. Taking the curious portrayal of the main protagonist of the Pahlavi “Story of Jōišt ī Friyān ” as a starting point, it examines how the author of the tale accentuates his own educational message by attributing it to an underage boy. In this context the article attempts to contribute to the …
The Fall from Grace
Zarathustra, the prophet of traditional Iranian religion, and Saint Gregory the Illuminator, the founder of the Armenian Apostolic Church, are both said to have succeeded in convincing powerful rulers to change their religious views and impose the new faith on their subjects. Starting from the premise that Zarathustra’s and St. Gregory’s life stories were composed in the context of shared cultural traditions, this paper aims to identify common mo…
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