Home›Open Questions›Who composed the Arda Viraf Nameh, and how much of the surviving text reflects its Sasanian-era narrative setting rather than later redaction?Open QuestionsWho composed the Arda Viraf Nameh, and how much of the surviving text reflects its Sasanian-era narrative setting rather than later redaction?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Who composed the Arda Viraf Nameh, and how much of the surviving text reflects its Sasanian-era narrative setting rather than later redaction?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/who-composed-the-arda-viraf-nameh.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Who composed the Arda Viraf Nameh, and how much of the surviving text reflects its Sasanian-era narrative setting rather than later redaction?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/who-composed-the-arda-viraf-namehCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-who-composed-the-arda-viraf-nameh-and-ho, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Who composed the Arda Viraf Nameh, and how much of the surviving text reflects its Sasanian-era narrative setting rather than later redaction?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/who-composed-the-arda-viraf-nameh}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionThe text is framed as a first-person report of Viraf's own journey rather than a work with a credited literary author, and no compiler is named in the surviving manuscript tradition, which itself postdates the narrative's dramatic setting by an uncertain span.What would resolve this An independent contemporary or near-contemporary Sasanian or early Islamic-era reference to the text or its compiler would help settle authorship; a philological study distinguishing linguistic strata within the surviving Pahlavi could help separate earlier from later material.OpenIranian philology and Zoroastrian textual studiesMartin Haug and E.W. West, translators, with Dastur Hoshangji Jamaspji Asa, The Book of Arda Viraf (Martin Haug and E.W. West)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnArda Viraf Nameh (Book of Arda Viraf), Scriptures & Texts Well-attested Source The Book of Arda Viraf (Martin Haug and E.W. West)Martin Haug and E.W. West, translators, with Dastur Hoshangji Jamaspji Asatier 2SourcesThe Book of Arda Viraf (Martin Haug and E.W. West)tier 2Martin Haug and E.W. West, translators, with Dastur Hoshangji Jamaspji Asa, Government Central Book Depot, Bombay, and Trubner and Co., London, 1872Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year