Kevin T. Van BladelKevin T. van Bladel is Professor of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations at Yale University. He is also author of The Arabic Hermes (2009), From Sasanian Mandaeans to Sabians of the Marshes (2017), Written Middle Persian Literature under the Sasanis (2024), and numerous articles on Arabic, Greek, Iranic, Sanskrit, and Syriac textual traditions. Read More Read Less