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[SonofJohn]

Originally Posted by Icelander

1) If one studied in either Jerusalem or Tel Aviv and one is an expert on the influences of Zoroastrian mysticism on Judaic, Islamic and Christian mysticism; has written monograms on kabbalah rituals; knows Avestan, Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Aramaic, Koine Greek and Classical Arabic; and one is a tenured professor at Harvard; what is one a professor of?

Ancient Middle Eastern Languages? Religious Studies? Something more specific?

And a subquestion, 1a), what precisely should a Hyperspecialisation Perk that has something to do with Zoroastrian influences on Major Monotheistic Religions encompass and be called? How narrow does it need to be?

2) For the above character, what other ancient languages would it be plausible that he would have learned as part of his scholarship? Would it be unreasonably broad to include lore or knowledge of ancient Mesopotamean cultures?

Acient oriental philology would also be a reasonable subject for him to study, linguistically knowlege of mesopotanian culture would fit his selection languages better then the zorastian stuff. He has quite a leaning to ward semitic languages, wich could make him a linguist of semitic languages. I would rule out Theology and Archeology because he seem s to be more in to textes than in to artifacts, niether seems he to believe in what he ist researching, influence contradicts the concept divine of revelation a little.

And if we are in New England allready Lovecraft mentioned Jessidi Kurds in one of his storys(the red hook) as devilworkshippers wich are actually workshiping the zorastian Ahura Mazda who was never broke with his first angel, unlike the judeo christian god....