A bibliography on

A bibliography on

History & Ethnography of Central Asia(ns),

w/ a special view to Scythians, Sakas and Parthians

1. (BOOKS DEALING WITH) GENERAL HISTORIES OF CENTRAL ASIA:

Belenitsky, Aleksandr, The Ancient Civilization of Central Asia, 1969, Barrie and Rockliff: The Cresset Press, London (Part of the "'Ancient Civilizations' series prepared under the direction of Jean Marcade, Professor of Archaeology at the Univ. of Bordeaux).

Christian, David, A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire (History of the World , Vol 1) / Paperback / Published 1999 Our Price: $28.95

Frye, Richard N., The Heritage of Central Asia: From Antiquity to the Turkish Expansion, 1996 (reprinted 1998), Markus Wiener Publishers, Princeton (Dr. Frye is prof. emeritus at Harvard).

Gershevitch, Ilya, ed., The Cambridge History of Iran: Volume 2, The Median and Achaemenian Periods, 1985, Cambridge University Press.

Grahame, F. R. The Archer and the Steppe, Or, the Empires of Scythia: A History of Russia and Tartary, from the Earliest Ages till the Fall of the Mongul Power in Europe, in the Middle of the Sixteenth Century London: J. Blackwood, 1860. 479 p.

Grousset, Rene, The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia Paperback reprint (December 1989) Rutgers Univ Press.

Hali, Awelkhan, Zengxiang Li, and Karl Luckert, Kazakh Traditions of China,1997.

Harmatta, Janos, ed., 1994/6, History of the Civilizations of Central Asia: The Development of Sedentary and Nomadic Civilizations: 700 Bc to Ad 250, UNESCO Publishing.

Wright, David Curtis, Peoples of the steppe: Historical Sources on the Pastoral Nomads of Eurasia Needham Heights, MA: Simon and Schuster, 1998.

Yamauchi, Edwin M., Persia and the Bible, 1990/96, Baker Book House.

Yarshater, Ehsan, ed., The Cambridge History of Iran: Volume 3 (1), The Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian Periods, 1983, Cambridge University Press.

Yarshater, Ehsan, ed., The Cambridge History of Iran: Volume 3 (2), The Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian Periods, 1983, Cambridge University Press.

2. BOOKS and ARTICLES FOCUSING ON THE SCYTHIANS:

Bakay, Kornel. Scythian rattles in the Carpathian Basin and Their Eastern Connections. Budapest, Akademiai Kiado, 1971. 131 p.

Campbell,‑Douglas‑A, "The Scythian Perspective in Col 3:11: A Response to Troy Martin" [37:249‑261 Jl 1995; indexed in RIO 27] in Novum‑Testamentum. 39 (Ja 1997), p. 81‑84. 1997.

Campell, Douglas A., "Unravelling Colossians 3:11b" in New Testament Studies, 42, 1996, p. 120 - 132.

Cernenko, E. V. The Scythians, 700‑300 BC London: Osprey Publishing, 1983. 40 p.

Choureshki,‑Stefan, "An Observation on the Getic‑schythian Ethnic and Cultural Interactions in the 8th‑5th Century Bc: Contact in Motion." In: Thracia 11. Sophia, Bulgaria : Serdicae, 1995. p. 181‑190. 1995

Dean, Nelson M. The Scythians in Zephaniah 2:13 1979. 53 pp. Thesis (M. Div.)‑‑Grace Theological Seminary.

Deditius, Vermillion F. The Scythians, Including a Study of Chapters IV, V, and VI of Jeremiah, 1945.

Dhillon, B. S. History and Study of the Jats: With Reference to Sikhs, Scythians, Alans, Sarmatians, Goths, and Jutes Gloucester, Ont., Canada: Beta Publishers, 1994.

Gardiner, John R. Apollodoros of Artemita and the Central Asian Skythians Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, 1987.

Gardiner, John R. Herodotos' Contemporaries on Skythian Geography and Ethnography Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, 1987. 37 p

Gawler, J. C. (John Cox), Dan, the Pioneer of Israel: His Early Enterprise, His Settlements, and Connection with the Scythians. With an appendix: Why Dan was not sealed among the 144,000 (Rev. VII.), Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Artisan Sales, 1984.

Goldenberg, David M, "Scythian‑Barbarian: The Pemutations of a Classical Topos in Jewish and Christian Texts of Late Antiquity" in Journal‑of‑Jewish‑Studies. 49 (Spr 1998), p. 87‑102. 1998.

Holcomb, William Robert. Cimmerian and Scythian invasions into Western Asia. Oxford, O., Miami University, 1973.

Jacobson, Esther. The art of the Scythians: the Interpenetration of Cultures at the Edge of the Hellenic World Leiden ; New York: E.J. Brill, 1995.

Jessup, John Edward, Scythia, the Early Era of Steppe Nomadism; a Survey Based on Recent Archaeological Discoveries and Other Studies Which Relate to the Development of Various Cultures on the Eurasian Steppe. [Washington, D.C.] 1970. 248 pp. Thesis‑‑Georgetown University.

Kachur, V. (Viktor) Who were the Scythians?: Key to the History of Eastern Europe, 1000 BC to 875 AD Columbus, Ohio: Kachur, 1975. 26 p.

Lob, Stor. Tales from Turkistan: A Scythian's Stories Edinburgh, London, W. Blackwood and Sons, 1924. 307 p.

Martin, Troy, "The Scythian Perspective in Col 3:11" in Novum‑Testamentum. 37 (Jl 1995), p. 249‑261. 1995. [see also reply, D A Campbell, 39:81‑84 Ja 1997].

McGovern, William Montgomery, The Early Empires of Central Asia: a Study of the Scythians and the Huns and the Part They Played in World History, with Special Reference to the Chinese Sources Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1965 1939.

n.a., Recent Soviet work on the Scythians and Related Ancient Civilizations. Armonk (N.Y.): M.E. Sharpe, 1982.

Petrov, Sergiy, Metropolitan, "Journey of glad tidings of Apostle St Andrew First‑Called to Sythia [in light of Holy Scripture and holy tradition on Acts of the Apostles] in Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. no 7 (1988), p. 68‑76. 1988.

Raevskii, D. S. (Dmitrii Sergeevich) Scythian mythology Sofia: Secor Publishers, 1993

Rice, Tamara Talbot The Scythians, 2^nd Edition, 1958, (Vol. 2 of the series "Ancient Peoples and Places", ed. Dr. Glyn Daniel), Frederick A. Praeger, NY. 255 pp.

Rolle, Renate. The World of the Scythians London: B.T. Batsford, 1989. 141 p

Tolstov, S. P. (Sergei Pavlovich), Scythians of the Aral Sea Area and Khorezm. Moscow, Oriental Literature Publishing House, 1960.

Torday, Laszlo, Mounted Archers: The Beginnings of Central Asian History, 1998.

Trippett, Frank. The First Horsemen Nederland B.V.: Time‑Life Books, 1980/1974.

Vaggione, Richard P., "Over All Asia? The Extent of the Scythian Domination in Herodotus" in Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 51, 195?, p. 523 - 530.

Vladko, V. M. (Volodymyr Mykolaiovych), Descendants of the Scythians: A Novel Kiev: Dnipro Publishers, 1986. 387 p.

Wheatley, S. A Map of the Migrations and Settlements of the Celtes, or Gomeranians, and Scythians: the Former in Europe, and the Latter in Asia [England?]: s.n., 1700? 1799?

Yamauchi, Edwin, Foes from the Northern Frontier: Invading Hordes From the Russian Steppes 1982, Baker.

3. BOOKS and ARTICLES FOCUSING ON THE SAKA PEOPLE:

Basham, A.L., The Wonder That Was India: A Study of the History and Culture of the Indian Sub-continent Before the Coming of the Muslims, new and revised edition, 1963, Hawthorn Books, Inc., Publishers, New York.

Brentjes, Burchard. Arms of the Sakas and Other Tribes of the Central Asian Steppes Varanasi, India: Rishi Publications, 1996. 164 p.

Caroe, Olaf, The Pathans: 550 BC – AD 1957, 1965, Macmillan and Co, Ltd.; St. Martin's Press, New York.

Masson-Oursel, Paul, Helena De William-Grabowska, and Philippe Stern, Ancient India and Indian Civlization, 1951 and 67, Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd., London.

Morris, J.J., "The Sakas of India and the Saka era: [earliest apostolic mission to India]." in Christian Orient. 9 (D 1988), p. 180‑190. 1988

Mukherjee, Bratindra Nath, 1973, Central and South Asian Documents on the Old Saka Era Varanasi, Bharat Bharati. 135 p. (NOTES: Running title: Documents on the old Saka era.)

Satya Shrava, The Sakas in India Model Town, Lahore: Vedic Research Institute, 1947. 125 p

Skold, Hannes, The Earliest Known Name of the Sakas. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerup, 1932.

Smith, Vincent A., History of India, (ed. by Jackson, A.V. Williams), Volume II: From the Sixth Century B.C. to the Mohammedan Conquest, Including the Invasion of Alexander the Great, 1906, The Grolier Society Publishers, London.

Smith, Vincent A., The Oxford History of India, 1958. Third Edition ed. by Percival Spear; Part I Revised by Sir Mortimer Wheeler and D.L. Basham; Part II revised by J.B. Harrison; Part III rewritten by Percival Spear; Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Spear, Percival, India: A Modern History, 1961, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor.

Szemerenyi, Oswald John Louis, Four Old Iranian Ethnic Names: Scythian, Skudra, Sogdian, Saka Wien: Verlag der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1980. 46 p.

Thapar, Romila, A History of India, Volume 1, 1966/68, Penguin Books, Baltimore, MD.

4. BOOKS and ARTICLES FOCUSING ON THE PARTHIANS AS A CENTRAL ASIAN PEOPLE

Lozinski, B. Philip, The Original Homeland of the Parthians, 1959, Mouton and Co., 'S-Gravenhage.

Koshelenko, G.A., 1966, Parfii Kul'tura, Moskva: Nauka.

Koshelenko, G.A., 1977, Rodina Parfian, Moskva.

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