Schmitt, Stilistik der altpersischen Inschriften

BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: Stylistics of Old Persian Royal Inscriptions. Notice of new book: Schmitt, Rüdiger. 2016. Stilistik der altpersischen Inschriften. Versuch einer Annäherung. (Veröffentlichungen Zur Iranistik 79). Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW). More information on the Achaemenid (Persian) Empire, which ruled over Judea through much of the Second Temple period, is always welcome. And epigraphic evidence is particularly important since it comes to us unfiltered by foreign viewpoints (e.g., Herodotus) or later evidence (e.g., the Avestas).