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Swear no oath (1)

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04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry



 		Keywords
oaths
sayings
Period
4th century CE 		Channel
Iranian culture
Slavonic culture

Text
Admonitions of Ādurbād 40 (Middle Persian):
Swear no oath, neither truly, nor falsely.

Ahiqar (Slavonic Version) 40:
My son, swear not in God’s name, lest the number of your days be made fewer.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Admonitions of Ādurbād 40 (Middle Persian)
Ahiqar (Slavonic Version) 40

Bibliography

de Blois 1984, 48de Blois, F. “The Admonitions of Adurbad and their Relationship to the Ahiqar Legend.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1984) 41-53.

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cf. Sirach 23.9-10
cf. Matthew 5:34

Amar Annus


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