“This Earth will be Uncrowned, without Depression, Flat”. An Edition and an Annotated Translation of the Iranian Bundahišn 34

Abstract

The chapter thirty-four is one of the most interesting and important sections of the Iranian Bundahišn. It describes the eschatological events that will occur at the end of the Zoroastrian cosmic era such as the resurrection of the body and the final judgment. This article provides a critical edition of the text in Middle Persian (mp) based on the codex td1 accompanied by an annotated translation including a commentary on the most relevant mythological and religious issues.