Dādestān ī Dēnīg (IPA:[daːdestaːniːdeːniːɡ] "Religious Judgments") or Pursišn-Nāmag (IPA:[puɾsiʃnaːmaɡ] "Book of Questions") is a 9th-century
Middle Persian work written by Manuščihr, who was high priest of the
PersianZoroastrian community of
Pārs and
Kermān, son of Juvānjam and brother of
Zādspram. The work consists of an introduction and ninety-two questions along with Manuščihr's answers. His questions varies from religious to social, ethical, legal, philosophical, cosmological, etc. The style of his work is abstruse, dense, and is heavily influenced by
New Persian.[1]
Contemporary Persian and Classical Persian are the same language, but writers since 1900 are classified as contemporary. At one time, Persian was a common cultural language of much of the non-Arabic Islamic world. Today it is the official language of
Iran,
Tajikistan and one of the two official languages of
Afghanistan.
Dādestān ī Dēnīg (IPA:[daːdestaːniːdeːniːɡ] "Religious Judgments") or Pursišn-Nāmag (IPA:[puɾsiʃnaːmaɡ] "Book of Questions") is a 9th-century
Middle Persian work written by Manuščihr, who was high priest of the
PersianZoroastrian community of
Pārs and
Kermān, son of Juvānjam and brother of
Zādspram. The work consists of an introduction and ninety-two questions along with Manuščihr's answers. His questions varies from religious to social, ethical, legal, philosophical, cosmological, etc. The style of his work is abstruse, dense, and is heavily influenced by
New Persian.[1]
Contemporary Persian and Classical Persian are the same language, but writers since 1900 are classified as contemporary. At one time, Persian was a common cultural language of much of the non-Arabic Islamic world. Today it is the official language of
Iran,
Tajikistan and one of the two official languages of
Afghanistan.