zaraθuštrōtəma: Zoroastrian and Iranian Studies in Honour of Philip G. Kreyenbroek

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This Festschrift is a collection of articles dedicated to one of the most distinguished scholars of Iranian Studies and a most prolific teacher of Zoroastrian and Kurdish literatures and religions, Philip G. Kreyenbroek. The volume consists of thirteen contributions, brings together some of the best-known experts in their fields to reflect the love and admiration of his students, colleagues and friends and are representative of some of his wide-ranging scholarly interests, including Zoroastrian literature and rituals as well as Iranian philology and mythology. Table of Contents Foreword: In honour of Philip G. Kreyenbroek: A life dedicated to Iranian Studies Manuscripts of the Zoroastrian short liturgies at the K. R. Cama Oriental Institute • Miguel Ángel Andrés-Toledo On the Etymology of the Old Iranian Term for “Iron” • David B. Buyaner Avestan Texts in Context: Fragments Westergaard 6 and 7 and the Paragṇā • Alberto Cantera The Serpentine Man in Iranian Myth • Touraj Daryaee Zoroastrian Pilgrimage Songs and Ziyārat-nāmes • Shervin Farridnejad Religious and Community Issues Addressed in the Early Twentieth Century by the Athornan Mandal, a Trust for Priests • Ramiyar P. Karanjia What is a ratu sarəδa? • Jean Kellens Studies on the History of Rationality in Ancient Iran III: Philosophy of Nature • Götz König Gãthũ Bhārvā nī Kriyā – The Ritual of Preserving a Burning Knotted Billet Beneath the Fire-Ash • Firoze M. Kotwal Descent in Frēdōn’s Line: An Epic Narrative in the Light of Zoroastrian Law • Maria Macuch The Corpus of the Yašts and their Pahlavi Translations: Considering a Textual Lacuna • Antonio Panaino Caspian Calendar Names and their Etymologies • Ludwig Paul & Jonas Elbers Mithra and Mercurius: Two Pictures of Divine Agency in the Death of Julian • Jenny Rose