Prophetic text
Bundahishn, chapter 30
Zoroastrian Middle Persian compilers; English E. W. West · Middle Persian compilation; individual historical compiler not established · Middle Persian compilation; historical compiler not established
The Bundahishn describes resurrection, purification through molten metal and the renewal of the world. Its account of collective renewal differs from judgment after an individual’s death.
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Edition and location
West SBE5 1880; alternative avesta.org presentation
Chapter30, especially18–33
Edition and location
Peterson electronic text of E.W. West, SBE vol.5; website cites Oxford 1897
Bundahishn 30.1–17; especially 3–7 and 10–16; Bundahishn 30.18–33; especially 19–20, 25 and 30–33
Edition and location
E.W.West, Pahlavi Texts PartI (1880), Sacred Books of the East5; additional reading edition via Internet Sacred Text Archive
Bundahis chapterXXX §§18–33, printed pp.125–130