DUCHESNE-GUILLEMIN, J., La Religion de I’Iran ancien, Paris, Presses Universitaires, 1962.
A list of errata and additional remarks has appeared in the Revue de THistoire des Religions, July-Sept. 1967, p. 87 sq.
ZAEHNER’S Dawn and Twilight of Zoroastrianism, 1961, appeared too late to be fully taken into account in the manual just mentioned. But a long, critical review of it has been given in Indo-Iranian Journal, 1964, p. 196-207
WIDENGREN’S Die Religionen Irans, 1965, is a new version of a useful bibliographical work published in Numen, 1955, under the title of Stand und Aufgaben der, iranischen Religionsgeschichte
MOLE’S thesis has been published as Cuite, My the et Cosmologie dans Tiran anclen, 1963. It cannot be recommended to beginners
JACKSON’S Zoroasirian Studies, 1928, gives all the facts it would be useful to memorise
GRAY’S Foundations of the Iranian Religions, Bombay 1929, is an excellent alphabetical repertory and should serve as the basis for any serious study
HASTINGS’ Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, 1908-1926, with its 95 articles or sections of articles bearing on Iranian religion, is still very useful
DHAXLA, M. N., History of Zoroastrianism, 1938, 2nd printing 1963, is uncritical.
Several attempts have been made to prove that Cyrus was acquainted with Zoroastrianism: W. HINZ, Zarathusira, 1961
HILDEGARD LEWY, in A Locust” s Leg, 1962, p. 139
MORTON SMITH, JAOS, 1963, p. 415.
GERSHEVITCH, The AvestanHymn to Miihra, 1959, Introduction; ‘Zoroaster’s own Contribution’, in JNES, 1964, p. 12.
BICKERMAN, Archiv Orientdlny, 1967.
On the Aryas in Western Asia: MAYRHOFER, Die Indo-Arier im alten Vorderasien, 1966.
On the Xvarenah: DUCHESNE-GUILLEMIN, AION, Linguistica, 1963, p. 19
The similarity between Anähitä and Sarasvatï has been proved independently by DUMÉZIL, Tarpeia, 1947
LOMMEL, Festschrift Weller, 1954, p. 405.
MENASCE, RHR, 1947, p. 5
DUMÉZIL, RHR, 1938, p. 152.
On Vayu: WIKANDER, Vayu, 1941.
On Baga: HENNING, ‘A Sogdian God’, BSOAS, 1965, p. 242
DUCHESNE-GUILLEMIN, Festschrift Eilers, 1967, p. 157 sq.
On ARAMATI: WESENDONK, ‘Aramati als arische Erdgottheit’, ARW, 1929, p. 61
On the Am. Sp.: B. GEIGER, Die Amssa Spentas, 1916.
On the difference between Vohu Manah and Asa: DUCHESNE-GUILLEMIN, Western, Response to Zoroaster, 1958, p. 47.
On Dualism: UGO BIANCHI, IIDualismo Religioso, 1958.
Resurgence of the ancient Gods: for the material used in this section I am greatly in debt to Gray’s Foundations, from which I have quoted freely, without quotation-marks.
On Manwahmëd: WIDENGREN, The great Vohu Manah and the Apostle of God, 1945.
On Arsameia: F. DÖRNER, ‘Die Entdeckung von Arsameia’, Neue deutsche Ausgrabungen im Mittelmeergebiet und im vorderen Orient, p. 71.
Picture in R. FRYE, Heritage of Persia, fig. 87.
On Anähitä in Armenia: DUCHESNE-GUILLEMIN, La Religion de P Iran ancien, p. 324.
On Zurvanism: MARY BOYCE, ‘Some Reflections on Zurvanism’, BSOAS, 1957, p. 304.
MENASCE, Une Encyclopédie madéenne, le Denkart, 1958
On the Soul of the Ox: G. DUMÉZIL, ‘A propos de la Plainte de l’Ame du Boeuf, Bulletin cL des let. Acad. Roy. de Belgique, 1965, p. 24
B. SCHLERATH, ‘Opfergaben’, Festgabe Herman Lommel, 1960, p. 129.
On Märtända: K. HOFFMANN, Münch. St. Sprachw., 1957, p. 85
On Iran and Israël: DUCHESNE-GUILLEMIN, Ormazd et Ahriman, 1953
FRANZ KÖNIG, Zarathustras Jenseitsvorstellungen u. das Alte Testament, 1964.
On Iran and Greece: J.D.-G., ‘D’Anaximandre à Empédocle’, Atii del Convegno sulla Persia e il Mondo greco-romano, Accad. lincei, 1966, p. 423.
On Gnosticism: WIDENGREN, ‘Der Iranische Hintergrund der Gnosis’, Z. f. Religionsgeschichte, 1952, Heft 2
