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The first part of this study presents the sociolinguistic background of the Gáthás--the "earliest testimony of the Mazdayasnian Religion..."; however the authors emphasize in their preface that their "...main focus lies on what has previously been taken little into account...[They] look at the antagonists, spiritual and material, including also the rivals, of the prophet in his social environment...[Their] special interest concerns the later development of Mazdaism in its eastern areas." In the second section the authors present the text stanza by stanza, with German and English translation. Both Humbach and Faiss are affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. The book is distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
