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5.4 The Second Telinga-recension (W) CHAPTER 6 6.1 Concluding remarks Notes to the stemma. APPENDIX I APPENDIX II APPENDIX III
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CHAPTER 1 1.1 The nature of the text 1.2 The situations 1.3 The audience 1.4 The compiler 1.5 The language of the gāthās Notes to Chapter 1 CHAPTER 2 2.1 The method of reconstruction 2.2 The variants 2.3 The presentation Notes to Chapter 2 CHAPTER 3 3.1 Edition of Gathās 1-50, with translations and notes
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Index of words discussed Index of grammatical points discussed Bibliography Nederlandse samenvatting Curriculum vitae
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