Shervin Farridnejad
farridnejad.bsky.social
Professor of Iranian Studies، History, Languages & Cultures of the Near East, University of Hamburg، member of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC): Iranian Languages and Religions, Zoroastrianism, Judeo-Persian Literature
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There is a scribal feature common to several religious traditions - to write the name of the devil/shaytan/diyablos upside down. I mentioned this for the Ethiopian&Eritrean tradition in my PhD thesis - here its ዲያብሎስ - Diyablos
Show Postover on the other evil app Prof. Ahab Bdaiwi mentioned it for Arabic and Persion manuscripts (👇). Prof. @farridnejad.bsky.social mentioned also Zoroastrian examples. x.com/abhistoria/s...
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Here (with additional links) are some examples and references for the phenomenon in Syriac and Arabic (incl. Garšūnī) hmmlorientalia.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/s...
Show PostPeter Zieme also mentions it from an Old Uyghur text for /šumnu/ "devil" (< Sod) in /Altuigurische Texte der Kirche des Ostens aus Zentralasien/, 130n446
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I tried to take these ideas to heart in my forthcoming book, not only as they apply to the study of Jews in Iran or Sasanian studies, but to the process of knowledge production in general. Thoughtful questions at conferences can go a long way! #ConferenceMemories8
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