Review of the "Zaraθuštra and Gāθās"

"Zaraθuštra and Gāθās" is the title of a book written by Mahshid Mirfakhraee in commentary and explanation of the both Avestan and Zend texts of the two songs (Yasna 47 and 48) from the Gāθās (a collection containing seventeen songs composed by Zaraθuštra himself) which has been published by "Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies" in 2017. Consisted of an introduction and three chapters, this book in its introduction deals with an overview of the Old Avestan issues and poetic structure of the Gāθās. In the two first chapters, the Avestan and the Zend texts of the two above-mentioned songs have been translated into Persian and studied in terms of contextual and grammatical issues. Finally, the third chapter involves a glossary of Avestan words with their meaning and grammatical descriptions. The present study reviews and evaluates this work in four sections in accordance with the four sections of the book.