I have two articles in the newly published Festschrift for Dieter Weber, a volume I edited with Maria Macuch.
In the first article, I investigate the collocation bun ud bar, known primarily from Zoroastrian legal texts, and show how the Zand’s insertion of it in Pahlavi Yasna 37.1 (Yasna Haptaŋhāiti) ultimately connects to the idea of martyrdom in Zoroastrianism. I briefly touch on the collocation’s theological implications, something I intend to explore further in forthcoming publications.
Zeini, Arash. 2024. The covenant that binds: Ownership of life in late antique Zoroastrianism. In Maria Macuch & Arash Zeini (eds.), Deciphering the illegible: Festschrift in honour of Dieter Weber (Iranica 33), 461–480. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
In the second article, co-written with my friend Shervin Farridnejad, we examine the position of dogs and its possible relationship with issues related to the consumption of meat in Zoroastrian Middle Persian texts.
Farridnejad, Shervin & Arash Zeini. 2024. “Who will protect the cattle”? On dogs and the sin of meat consumption in Zoroastrianism. In Maria Macuch & Arash Zeini (eds.), Deciphering the illegible: Festschrift in honour of Dieter Weber (Iranica 33). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
