Raffaelli Enrico

Biography

Enrico Giuseppe Raffaelli did his undergraduate studies at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", specializing in Iranian studies, with a focus on Zoroastrianism and the languages of pre-Islamic Iran. He did his PhD studies on Zoroastrianism between 1999 and 2004 in conjunction between the University of Naples “L’Orientale” and the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes Section of Religious Sciences of Paris. L’oroscopo del mondo deals with astrology in Zoroastrianism, its relation with Mesopotamian, Classical and Indian astrology, and its influence on Islamic astrology. He has also published several articles and book chapters on astrology in pre-Islamic Iran, and on the Avestan and Middle Persian literature. The Sih-rozag in Zoroastrianism focused on the Avestan and Pahlavi versions of the Sih-rozag, a text worshipping Zoroastrian divine entities. It includes an edition, translation and hilological and historico-religious commentary of the two versions of the text. Enrico G. Raffaelli’s present areas of interest include the history of pre-Islamic Iranian literature, with a particular focus on the Avestan ritual texts, and on the Middle Persian texts of the Apocalyptic genre. Enrico Giuseppe Raffaelli did his undergraduate studies at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", specializing in Iranian studies, with a focus on Zoroastrianism and the languages of pre-Islamic Iran. He did his PhD studies on Zoroastrianism between 1999 and 2004 in conjunction between the University of Naples “L’Orientale” and the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes Section of Religious Sciences of Paris. L’oroscopo del mondo deals with astrology in Zoroastrianism, its relation with Mesopotamian, Classical and Indian astrology, and its influence on Islamic astrology. He has also published several articles and book chapters on astrology in pre-Islamic Iran, and on the Avestan and Middle Persian literature. The Sih-rozag in Zoroastrianism focused on the Avestan and Pahlavi versions of the Sih-rozag, a text worshipping Zoroastrian divine entities. It includes an edition, translation and hilological and historico-religious commentary of the two versions of the text. Enrico G. Raffaelli’s present areas of interest include the history of pre-Islamic Iranian literature, with a particular focus on the Avestan ritual texts, and on the Middle Persian texts of the Apocalyptic genre.

Research Interest

History of pre-Islamic Iranian literature, with a particular focus on the Avestan ritual texts, and on the Middle Persian texts of the Apocalyptic genre