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About the book:-This is part V of the Sacred Books of the East Pahlavi Texts translation. It is the shortest one in the series, about half of most other SBE volumes. SBE 47 contains translations of a number of very late Zoroastrian texts, some prophetic in nature, others providing clues to the chronology of the religion. As such, the texts here, the Dinkard and Selections of Zad-Sparam, make interesting reading. They will be of use both to scholars looking for information about the development of Zoroastrianism, and those looking for non-traditional books of prophecy. West concludes that the traditional date of the birth of Zoroaster corresponds to 660 [BC]; more recently, 628 [BC] has been proposed, so the former date probably isn't so far off. He also computes the timetable of Zoroastrian prophecy: don't get too excited, though, the end of the world isn't until 2398, so we still have about four centuries left. About the Author:-Friedrich Max Müller (1823 –1900) was a German-born philologist and Orientalist, who lived and studied in Britain for most of his life. He was one of the founders of the western academic disciplines of Indian studies and religious studies ('science of religion', German: Religionswissenschaft). Müller wrote both scholarly and popular works on the subject of Indology. The Sacred Books of the East, a 50-volume set of English translations, was prepared under his direction. Edward William West (1824-1905), usually styled E. W. West, was a scholarly English engineer, orientalist, and translator of Zoroastrian texts. He was educated at King's College London. He prepared five volumes of Pahlavi texts (the Marvels of Zoroastrianism) for Prof. Max Müller's monumental Sacred Books of the East series, published from the years 1880 to 1897. The Title 'The Sacred Books of the East (PAHLAVI TEXTS, PART-V: MARVELS OF ZOROASTRIANISM) written/authored/edited by F. MAX MULLER, E. W. WEST', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121229401 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 326 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. . Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:- 47th