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List of contents
Part I Formation and History of Judeo-Persian 1. An Overview of Iranian Jewish Intellectual History 2. Thematic Contents of Judeo-Persian Literature: Literary Genres in Judeo-Persian Poetry 3. Thematic Contents of Judeo-Persian Prose Conclusion Part II Samples of Judeo-Persian Writings 1. Biblical Epic Poetry 2. Historical Poetry 3. Lyric Poetry 4. Vernacular Poetry 5. Mystic Poetry 6. Didactic Poetry 7. Panegyric Poetry 8. Satirical Poetry 9. Different Vocabularies and Ethnicities 10. Literary Terms 11. Epic Concepts and Legendary Heroes 12. Zoroastrian Concepts 13. Rhetorical Arts 14. Rhythmic Embellished Prose Bibliography
About the author
Nahid Pirnazar teaches Judeo-Persian literature and the history of Iranian Jews at UCLA and is the founder of House of Judeo-Persian Manuscripts. Her recent publications include: Farsihood (2018), "Voluntary Conversions of Iranian Jews in the Nineteenth Century", Iran Namg (2019) and Ketab-Anusi (2020).
Summary
Introducing Judeo-Persian writings, this original collection gives parallel samples in Judeo-Persian and Perso-Arabic script and translations in English. Judeo-Persian writings not only reflect the twenty-seven centuries of Jewish life in Iran, but they are also a testament to their intellectual, cultural and socio-economic conditions.
