Background
GERSHEVITCH, Ilya was born on October 24, 1914 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Arkadi Gershevitch and Mila Gershevitch.
(The Avestan Hymn to Mithra, written in the fifth century ...)
The Avestan Hymn to Mithra, written in the fifth century BC, is the one extensive, ancient literary record of the attributes, companions and cult of the Iranian god whose worship spread, five or six centuries later, as far as Britain. Dr Gershevitch here reproduces Geldner's text and critical apparatus of the Hymn, adding his own introduction, translation and commentary. The introduction offers an orientation on the main problems concerning Mithra: how the god came to be included in the Zoroastrian religious system, his relation to Zarathustra's god Ahura Mazdah, his functions, his development from the stage at which the Indian Mitra is found in the Rig Veda, and the extent to which the Western Mithras has preserved the characteristics of the Avestan Mithra. The text is faced by the English translation, and is followed by Dr Gershevitch's exhaustive commentary.
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(A selection of 25 important articles and reviews by the d...)
A selection of 25 important articles and reviews by the distinguished Iranianist Ily Gershevitch is reprinted in this volume marking the occason of his 70th birthday. The articles, all written in English, orginally appeared between 1942 and 1977 were corrected and updated for this edition. This volume also contains a portait of the author as well as a complete bibliography of his writings and extensive indexes which greatly enhance the usefulness of this collection.
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GERSHEVITCH, Ilya was born on October 24, 1914 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Arkadi Gershevitch and Mila Gershevitch.
Dottore in Lettere, University Rome, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1943. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, 1948.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Berne, 1971.
Lecturer in Iranian Studies, Cambridge University 1948-1965, Reader 1965-1982, Fellow of Jesus College since 1962. First European to penetrate certain areas of Western Makran, S.E. Iran (dialect field-work) 1956. Visiting Professor Columbia University, New York, United States of America 1960-1961, 1965-1966.
University Exchange Visitor, USSR 1965. Ratanbai Katrak Lecturer, Oxford University 1968. Fellow, Accademia dei Lincei 1987.
President Philological Society 1980-1984. Honorary Doctor of Philosophy (Berne).
(The Avestan Hymn to Mithra, written in the fifth century ...)
(A selection of 25 important articles and reviews by the d...)
(Cambridge - 1967 - in 8° - - pp.XIV + 356 - Tela con sovr...)
Fellow: Rome Academy dei Lincie, British Academy. Member: Philological Society (president 1980-1984).
Married Lisbeth Syfrig Gershevitch, 1951.