Does anyone know about "A Hymn of Zoroaster About The Two Spirits of Good and Evil"?

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Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson, L.H.D., Ph.D., LL.D. (1862-1937) was an American specialist on Indo-Iranian languages, born in New York City. He graduated from Columbia in 1883 and taught at Columbia University from 1895 to 1935. His grammar of Avestan, the language used in the Zoroastrian scriptures, is still considered to be the seminal work on the topic.

He traveled in India, Persia, and Central Asia between 1901 and 1918. He was the editor of History of Persia and published:

A Hymn of Zoroaster (1888)
An Avesta Grammar in Comparison with Sanskrit (1892)
An Avesta Reader (1893)
Zoroaster, the Prophet of Ancient Iran (1898)
Die iranische Religion (1900)
From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam (1911)
A Catalogue of the ... Persian Manuscripts Presented to the Metropolitan Museum ... by A. S. Cochran (1914), with A. Yohannan
Early Persian Poetry (1920)

Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson (1862-1937), American Scholar, a great authority on Zoroastrian religion, ancient Persian history, language, and literature, Jackson was born in New York City, he taught at Columbia University (1895-1935).


Jackson traveled to Persia (Iran) twice. The main purpose of his first trip was to meet Zoroastrians living in Iran and study their customs and religion . His book "Persia, Past and Present" is and elaborate travelogue of this trip. On his second trip to Iran took him to northern parts of the country. He published his book "From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayam," after this trip. Jackson's second trip ended in the city of Mashad in north-eastern Iran where he meet Sir Percy Sykes. The two scholars traveled to Tus to visit the tomb of the most well known Iran poem, Ferdowsi, the composer of Shahnameh.


Jackson's travels took him to India where he meet Parsis, Zoroastrians living in India. He studied their religious practice and customs.







Abraham Jackson made numerous contribution to the field of Zoroastrian and ancient Persian History. Throughout his academic life he published several books on these subject which are listed below.


Avesta Reader

Avesta Grammar

Early Persian Poetry

From Constantinople to the home of Omar Khayam

History of India (nine volumes)

Persia, Past and Present

Priyadarsika, A Sanskrit Drama by Harsha

Research in Manichaeism

The Nyaishes or Zoroastrian Litanies

Zoroaster, the prophet of ancient Iran

Zoroastrian Studies

He published several articles such as the one on Zoroastrians in National Geographic, 1910; and wrote introduction to English translation of "The Dabistan or School of Manners" book.

Jacksons' contribution to Zoroastrian and ancient Persian studies has been so immense that his mark will remain on this field for a long time.