Book of Arda Viraf
The Book of Arda Viraf: The Pahlavi Text. Ed. by Destur Hoshangji Jamaspjii Asa. Trans. by Martin Haug and E. W. West. Bombay: Government Central Book Depot, 1872. Includes English translation of the text of The Book of Arda Vîraf and also A Book of Scriptures (the Hadokht-nask).
The Book of Arda Viraf: The Pahlavi Text. Trans. by Fereydun Vahman. Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series. London: Curzon Press, 1986. Includes text of The Book of Arda Vîraf. Facsimile in Pahlavi (Middle Persian), transcription and transliteration in Modern Persian (romanized), with translation and commentary in English.
The Pahlavi Book of the Righteous Viraz. Ed. and trams. by Walter Belardi. Rome: University, Department of Linguistics: Italo-Iranian Cultural Centre, 1979. English translation with critical analysis.
See The Book of Arda Vîraf above.
Religious Decisions (Dadestan-i Denig)
Sacred Books of the East. Trans, by E. W. West. Vol. 18. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1882. Contains the Dadestan-i Denig [Religious Decisions or Judgments] by Manuschihr.
The Book of the Mainyo-I-Khard, or the Spirit of Wisdom. Ed. by Edward William West. Amsterdam: Stuttgart: C. Grüninger, 1871; rpt. A. P. A–Oriental Press, 1979. Contains the text in English translation and in original source languages with accompanying tools, such as glossary and grammars.
Boyce, Mary. Textual Sources for the Study of Zoroastrianism. Textual Sources for the Study of Religion. Totowa, N.J.: Barnes & Noble Books, 1984; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990. Provides selections of original texts in translation, organized by topics; includes bibliography and glossarial index.
Boyce, Mary. Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices
. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987. The best current introduction to the subject by the person widely acknowledged to be the leading authority.
Clark, Peter. Zoroastrianism: An Introduction to an Ancient Faith. Brighton, UK: Sussex Academic Press, 1998. Presents Zoroastrianism as a living faith with a coherent theology and a strong ethical teaching.
Nigosian, S.A. The Zoroastrian Faith: Tradition and Modern Research. Montréal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1993. Covers Zoroaster and Zoroastrian history, scriptures, teachings and observances with a glossary, notes. bibliography and index.
Pavry, J. C. The Zoroastrian Doctrine of a Future Life from Death to the Individual Judgment. New York: Columbia University Press, 1929; rpt. New York: AMS Press, 1965. Describes the period of the afterlife from death to the individual judgment at the Chinvat Bridge.
Zaehner, R. C. The Dawn and Twilight of Zoroastrianism. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1961; rpt. Phoenix Press, 2003. A study of the early history and religious principles of Zoroastrianism.
Zaehner, R. C. The Teachings of the Magi. A Compendium of Zoroastrian Beliefs. Ethical and Religious Classics of East and West, 14. London: Allen & Unwin, 1956; rpt. London: Sheldon Press, 1975; rpt. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1976. Pahlavi texts in translation.
