Volume 16 (2024)
Volume 15 (2023)
Volume 14 (2022)
Volume 13 (2021)
Volume 12 (2020)
Volume 11 (2019)
Volume 10 (2018)
Volume 9 (2017)
Volume 8 (2016)
Volume 7 (2015)
Volume 6 (2014)
Volume 5 (2013)
Volume 4 (2012)
Volume 3 (2011)
Volume 2 (2010)
Volume 1 (2009)
The Reasons for the Femininity of the Sky in Nāṣer(-e) Ḵosrow's Perspective
The Reasons for the Femininity of the Sky in Nāṣer(-e) Ḵosrow's Perspective

Hamidreza Ardestanirostami

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 28 December 2024

https://doi.org/10.22099/jba.2024.51139.4560

Abstract
  In older times, people considered the sky as the father and the earth as the mother, a belief reflected in the works of many poets and writers, including Nāṣer(-e) Ḵosrow. However, ...  Read More
It is a Zurvanian Principle to Shackle Zahhak instead of killing him
It is a Zurvanian Principle to Shackle Zahhak instead of killing him

Hamidreza Ardestanirostami

Volume 9, Issue 1 , June 2017, , Pages 1-22

https://doi.org/10.22099/jba.2016.3897

Abstract
  According to Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, after overcoming Zahhak, Freidun decides to kill him twice but each time the holy Sorush prevents Freidun from doing so. Instead the holy Sorush orders ...  Read More
Frēdōn the farmer, Kaveh iron-maker, and Dahāg the Dēw
Frēdōn the farmer, Kaveh iron-maker, and Dahāg the Dēw

Hamidreza Ardestanirostami

Volume 7, Issue 1 , May 2015, , Pages 1-28

https://doi.org/10.22099/jba.2015.2489

Abstract
  Among those who have researched on Shāhnāmeh, Alī Hasūrī and after him Ahmad Shāmlū, believe that Ẕahāk, in order to construct a communist classless society, kills Jam who, ...  Read More
The myth of the birth of Zurvan; the passage from matriarchy to patriarchy and its reflection in Shahname
The myth of the birth of Zurvan; the passage from matriarchy to patriarchy and its reflection in Shahname

Hamidreza Ardestanirostami

Volume 6, Issue 1 , June 2014, , Pages 27-54

https://doi.org/10.22099/jba.2014.1837

Abstract
  One of the ancient religions which seems to be originated from Zarathustra in the Achaemenid era is Zurvanism. In this era, thinking about the first two gods, Ahura Mazda and Ahriman, ...  Read More