Ronald E. Emmerich (1937-2001) was Professor of Iranian Philology at the University of Hamburg from 1971 until his death in 2001. Maria Macuch is head of the Institute of Iranian Studies at the Free University, Berlin. Ehsan Yarshater is the Director of the Center for Iranian Studies and Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies, Columbia University and the Founding Editor of the Encyclopaedia Iranica.

• FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiiiPREFACE TO THE PRESENT VOLUME . . . . . . . . . . . . xixAVESTAN LITERATURE (Almut Hintze) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1INSCRIPTIONAL LITERATURE IN OLD AND MIDDLE IRANIAN LANGUAGES (Philip Huyse) MANICHAEAN LITERATURE IN IRANIAN LANGUAGES (Werner Sundermann) CHRISTIAN LITERATURE IN MIDDLE IRANIAN LANGUAGES (Nicholas Sims-Williams) BUDDHIST LITERATURE IN SOGDIAN (Yutaka Yoshida)KHOTANESE LITERATURE (Mauro Maggi) ABBREVIATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF TITLES AND TEXTS CONTRIBUTORS

Ronald E. Emmerich (1937-2001) was Professor of Iranian Philology at the University of Hamburg from 1971 until his death in 2001. Maria Macuch is head of the Institute of Iranian Studies at the Free University, Berlin. Ehsan Yarshater is the Director of the Center for Iranian Studies and Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies, Columbia University and the Founding Editor of the Encyclopaedia Iranica.

• FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiiiPREFACE TO THE PRESENT VOLUME . . . . . . . . . . . . xixAVESTAN LITERATURE (Almut Hintze) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1INSCRIPTIONAL LITERATURE IN OLD AND MIDDLE IRANIAN LANGUAGES (Philip Huyse) MANICHAEAN LITERATURE IN IRANIAN LANGUAGES (Werner Sundermann) CHRISTIAN LITERATURE IN MIDDLE IRANIAN LANGUAGES (Nicholas Sims-Williams) BUDDHIST LITERATURE IN SOGDIAN (Yutaka Yoshida)KHOTANESE LITERATURE (Mauro Maggi) ABBREVIATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF TITLES AND TEXTS CONTRIBUTORS

Ronald E. Emmerich (1937-2001) was Professor of Iranian Philology at the University of Hamburg from 1971 until his death in 2001. Maria Macuch is head of the Institute of Iranian Studies at the Free University, Berlin. Ehsan Yarshater is the Director of the Center for Iranian Studies and Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies, Columbia University and the Founding Editor of the Encyclopaedia Iranica.

• FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiiiPREFACE TO THE PRESENT VOLUME . . . . . . . . . . . . xixAVESTAN LITERATURE (Almut Hintze) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1INSCRIPTIONAL LITERATURE IN OLD AND MIDDLE IRANIAN LANGUAGES (Philip Huyse) MANICHAEAN LITERATURE IN IRANIAN LANGUAGES (Werner Sundermann) CHRISTIAN LITERATURE IN MIDDLE IRANIAN LANGUAGES (Nicholas Sims-Williams) BUDDHIST LITERATURE IN SOGDIAN (Yutaka Yoshida)KHOTANESE LITERATURE (Mauro Maggi) ABBREVIATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF TITLES AND TEXTS CONTRIBUTORS