Book: AVESTA AT A GLANCE
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Date: Sat, 25 September 1999 02:03 AM EDT
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Book: JUST OUT
THE AVESTA AT A GLANCE, by Ali A. Jafarey, the latest publication by Books N
Bits is just out. The book describes in brief, in 86 pages, the *ten-time*
contents of the extant Avesta, which, with the exception of the Gathas of
Zarathushtra, is still a closed book, a mystery to many admirers and inquirers.
The extant Avesta is the remaining part of the Zoroastrian canon of 21 volumes.
It has been collected sometimes after the downfall of the Sassanian Empire. It
is believed to represent a purely religious scripture. The "Glance" shows that
it is a salvage of the collection of the original doctrine of the Good
Religion, and the later additions of prayers, spells, rituals, customs,
culture, poetic patterns, prosaic pieces, prescriptions, proscriptions, civil
life, agricultural advice, medical matters, epic, legend, history, geography
and other related subjects. It shows the purity and sublimity of the Gathic
texts. It reflects the Iranian heritage, a colorful heritage which in the past
warranted all these subjects because of the time, place, and inside and outside
influences.
Price per copy: $10 plus shipping and handling.
Also available:
1. The Gathas, Our Guide
(Translation and annotations by Ali A. Jafarey) $15.00
2. Zarathushtrian Ceremonies (Ali A. Jafarey) $10.00
3. An Outline of the Good Religion (Ali A. Jafarey) $02.50
4. An Outline of the Zarathushtrian Religion and $05.00
Zoroastrianism (Ali A. Jafarey)
5. The Gathas, The Hymns of Zarathushtra $15.00
(translation by D.J. Irani)
6. Understanding the Gathas (D. J. Irani) $10.00
7. The Zoroastrian Tradition (Farhang Mehr) $15.00
8. The Zoroastrian Doctrine and Biblical Connection, $10.00
(Daryoush Jahanian)
9. Norouz (The Persian New Year) & Other Festivities $10.00
in Iran (Farshid Eghbal and Sandra Mooney)
10. A Glimpse at the History of Iran (English and Persian) $10.00
(Farshid Eghbal)
Plus shipping and handling:
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The next publication next month will be the much awaited THE ZARATHUSHTRIAN
RELIGION, A CHRONOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE,
by Ali A. Jafarey.