Pahlavi Texts: Part, I

Pahlavi Texts, Part I, is the first volume of a foundational series within the Sacred Books of the East collection, edited by the renowned Orientalist F. Max Müller and published by Oxford University Press in the late 19th century. The work was meticulously translated by Edward William West, a distinguished scholar of Pahlavi studies, and was produced to provide English-speaking readers with access to essential Zoroastrian religious texts that had previously remained largely inaccessible to Western academia.

The volume features translations of the Bundahish, Bahman Yast, and Shayast La-Shayast, representing a significant effort to standardize the study of Middle Persian literature. West’s design for the collection focused on rigorous philological accuracy, utilizing a systematic approach to transliteration and annotation. Upon its release, the volume was lauded by the scholarly community for its precision, effectively serving as the definitive resource for researchers of Iranian languages and ancient religious doctrine for decades.