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A History of Zoroastrianism

Author : Mary Boyce
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004088474
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (884 download)

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Download or read book A History of Zoroastrianism written by Mary Boyce and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1989 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume traces the history of Zoroastrianism at times and places where its existence has previously been largely ignored, or treated only episodically. Literary, archaeological and numismatic evidence has been drawn on (some of it only recently brought to light), and local developments are distinguished. In Iran itself some 200 years of Macedonian rule had little effect on the national religion. To the east, Zoroastrianism survived in the Greco-Bactrian kingdoms and under Mauryan suzereinty, where it came into contact with Buddhism. In Eastern Mediterranean lands it was maintained by Iranian expatriates well down into Roman imperial times. They adopted Greek for their written tongue, and Zoroastrian doctrines thus became known in the Greco-Roman world. Study is made accordingly of Zoroastrian contributions to Hellenistic thought, and to Judaism, Christianity and Mithraism; and an excursus provides a thorough reassessment of the Zoroastrian pseudepigrapha.

The Spirit of Zoroastrianism

Author : Prods Oktor Skjærvø
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300170351
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Spirit of Zoroastrianism written by Prods Oktor Skjærvø and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest religions, though it is not among the best understood. Originating with Iranian tribes living in Central Asia in the second millennium BCE, Zoroastrianism was the official religion of the Iranian empires until Islam superseded it in the seventh century AD. Centered on the worship of Ahura Mazda, the All-knowing Ruler, Zoroastrianism follows the practices and rituals set out by the prophet Zarathustra, according to the indigenous tradition. As one of the world's great religions, Zoroastrianism has a heritage rich in texts and cultic practices. The texts are often markedly difficult to translate, but in this volume, Prods Oktor Skjærvø, professor of ancient Iranian languages and culture at Harvard, provides modern and accurate translations of Zoroastrian texts that have been selected to provide an overview of Zoroastrian beliefs and practices. In a comprehensive introduction to these sacred texts, Skjærvø outlines the history and essence of Zoroastrianism and discusses the major themes of this the first fully representative selection of Zoroastrian texts to be made available in English for over a century.

A History of Zoroastrianism

Author : Mary Boyce
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004065062
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book A History of Zoroastrianism written by Mary Boyce and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1982 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History of Zoroastrianism: Zoroastrianism under Macedonian and Roman rule

Author : Mary Boyce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A History of Zoroastrianism: Zoroastrianism under Macedonian and Roman rule written by Mary Boyce and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History of Zoroastrianism

Author : Mary Boyce
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004088474
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (884 download)

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Download or read book A History of Zoroastrianism written by Mary Boyce and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1989 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume traces the history of Zoroastrianism at times and places where its existence has previously been largely ignored, or treated only episodically. Literary, archaeological and numismatic evidence has been drawn on (some of it only recently brought to light), and local developments are distinguished. In Iran itself some 200 years of Macedonian rule had little effect on the national religion. To the east, Zoroastrianism survived in the Greco-Bactrian kingdoms and under Mauryan suzereinty, where it came into contact with Buddhism. In Eastern Mediterranean lands it was maintained by Iranian expatriates well down into Roman imperial times. They adopted Greek for their written tongue, and Zoroastrian doctrines thus became known in the Greco-Roman world. Study is made accordingly of Zoroastrian contributions to Hellenistic thought, and to Judaism, Christianity and Mithraism; and an excursus provides a thorough reassessment of the Zoroastrian pseudepigrapha.

The Zoroastrians of Iran

Author : Janet Kestenberg Amighi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Zoroastrians of Iran written by Janet Kestenberg Amighi and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Zoroastrian Flame

Author : Sarah Stewart
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857728156
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book The Zoroastrian Flame written by Sarah Stewart and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many centuries, from the birth of the religion late in the second millennium BC to its influence on the Achaemenids and later adoption in the third century AD as the state religion of the Sasanian Empire, it enjoyed imperial patronage and profoundly shaped the culture of antiquity. The Magi of the New Testament most probably were Zoroastrian priests from the Iranian world, while the enigmatic figure of Zarathushtra (or Zoroaster) himself has exerted continual fascination in the West, influencing creative artists as diverse as Voltaire, Nietzsche, Mozart and Yeats. This authoritative volume brings together internationally recognised scholars to explore Zoroastrianism in all its rich complexity. Examining key themes such as history and modernity, tradition and scripture, art and architecture and minority status and religious identity, it places the modern Zoroastrians of Iran, and the Parsis of India, in their proper contexts. The book extends and complements the coverage of its companion volume, The Everlasting Flame.

Textual Sources for the Study of Zoroastrianism

Author : Mary Boyce
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226069302
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (693 download)

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Download or read book Textual Sources for the Study of Zoroastrianism written by Mary Boyce and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1990-10-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Boyce is a, perhaps the, world authority on Zoroastrianism. . . . Prefaced by a 27-page introduction, this anthology contains selections which offer a complete picture of Zoroastrian belief, worship and practice. There are historical texts from the sixth century B.C. onwards, and extracts from modern Zoroastrian writings representing traditionalism, occultism and reformist opinion. Anyone wishing to know more about this 'least well known of the world religions' should sample these selections."—The Methodist Church "Wide-ranging. . . . An indispensable one-volume collection of primary materials."—William R. Darrow, Religious Studies Review

Pious Citizens

Author : Monica M. Ringer
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815650604
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Pious Citizens written by Monica M. Ringer and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-13 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Pious Citizens, Ringer tells the story of a major intellectual revolution in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century India and Iran, one that radically transformed the role of religion in society. At this time, key theological debates revolved around Zoroastrianism’s capacity to generate “progress” and “civilization.” Armed with both the destructive and creative capacities of historicism, reformers reevaluated their own religious tradition, molding Zoroastrian belief and practice according to contemporary ideas of rational religion and its potential to create pious citizens. Ringer demonstrates how rational and enlightened religion, characterized by social responsibility and the interiorization of piety, was understood as essential for the development of modern individuals, citizens, new public space, national identity, and secularism. She argues persuasively that reformers believed not only that social reform must be accompanied by religious reform but that it was in fact a product of religious reform. Pious Citizens offers new insights into the theological premises behind the promotion of secularism, the privatization of religion, and the development of new national identities. Ringer’s work also explores growing connections between the Iranian and Indian Zoroastrian communities and the revival of the ancient Persian past.

Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism

Author : Michael Stausberg
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism written by Michael Stausberg and published by Equinox Publishing (UK). This book was released on 2008 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism offers a compact, concise and accessible survey of Zoroastrianism. Chapters address Zarathustra and the origins of the religion, religious concepts and narratives, ethics and gender, priesthoods and rituals, transitions and festivals.

Zoroastrianism

Author : John Waterhouse
Publisher : Book Tree
ISBN 13 : 1585092819
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Zoroastrianism written by John Waterhouse and published by Book Tree. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This obscure and ancient religion is receiving more and more attention in modern times due to its claimed influence upon Christianity. This author, however, focuses upon the relationship between Zoroastrianism and Judaism, & sets out to prove that Christianity received influence from Zoroastrianism, but that it was transmitted through Judaism.

The Bundahi%sn

Author :
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019087905X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book The Bundahi%sn written by and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bundahisn, meaning primal or foundational creation, is the central Zoroastrian account of creation, cosmology, and eschatology. Compiled sometime in the ninth century CE, it is one of the most important surviving testaments to Zoroastrian literature in the Middle Persian language and to pre-Islamic Iranian culture. Despite having been composed some two millennia after the Prophet Zoroaster's revelation, it is nonetheless a concise compendium of ancient Zoroastrian knowledge that draws on and reshapes earlier layers of the tradition. Well known in the field of Iranian Studies as an essential primary source for scholars of ancient Iran's history, religions, literatures, and languages, the Bundahisn is also a great work of literature in and of itself, ranking alongside the creation myths of other ancient traditions. The book's thirty-six diverse chapters, which touch on astronomy, eschatology, zoology, medicine, and more, are composed in a variety of styles, registers, and genres, from spare lists and concise commentaries to philosophical discourses and poetic eschatological visions. This new translation, the first in English in nearly a century, highlights the aesthetic quality, literary style, and complexity and raises the profile of pre-Islamic Zoroastrian literature.

Zoroastrianism

Author : Peter Clark
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1836241410
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Zoroastrianism written by Peter Clark and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction to Zoroastrianism presents it as a living faith, with a coherent theology and an ethic of good thoughts, good words and good deeds. The text also contains a glossary of Zoroastrian terms.

The Teachings of Zoroaster and the Philosophy of the Parsi Religion

Author : Shapurji Asponiaryi Kapadia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Teachings of Zoroaster and the Philosophy of the Parsi Religion written by Shapurji Asponiaryi Kapadia and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Teachings of Zoroaster, And the Philosophy of the Parsi Religion by Shapurji Aspaniarji Kapadia, first published in 1913, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Zoroastrianism and Judaism

Author : George William Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zoroastrianism and Judaism written by George William Carter and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Traditions of the Magi

Author : Albert F. de Jong
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004301461
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Traditions of the Magi written by Albert F. de Jong and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first full treatment of the Greek and Latin references to Zoroastrianism since the pioneering works of Benveniste, Bidez & Cumont, and Clemen. It focuses on the possibilities offered by the classical reports on Zoroastrianism to reconstruct the history of that faith. The book is divided into three sections. The first section deals with introductory problems concerning ancient religious ethnography and current views of the history of Zoroastrianism. The second section consists of commentaries on five selected passages. The third section offers a thematical overview of the materials and their relevance for the history of Iranian religions. Apart from offering introductions to a wide range of debates and topics in Classics and Iranian studies, the book aims to illustrate the diversity of beliefs and practices in ancient Zoroastrianism.

Zoroastrianism

Author : Jenny Rose
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN 13 : 9781350128712
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Zoroastrianism written by Jenny Rose and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zoroastrianism is one of the world's great ancient religions. In present-day Iran, significant communities of Zoroastrians (who take their name from the founder of the faith, the remarkable religious reformer Zoroaster) still practise the rituals and teach the moral precepts that once undergirded the officially state-sanctioned faith of the mighty Sasanian empire. Beyond Iran, the Zoroastrian disapora is significant especially in India, where the Gujarati-speaking community of emigrants from post-Sasanian Iran call themselves 'Parsis'. But there are also significant Zoroastrian communities to be found elsewhere, such as in the USA, Britain and Canada, where western cultural contexts have shaped the religion in intriguing ways and directions. This new, thorough and wide-ranging introduction will appeal to anyone interested in discovering more about the faith that bequeathed the contrasting words 'Magi' and 'magic', and whose adherents still live according to the code of 'Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds.' The central Zoroastrian concept that human beings are continually faced with a choice between the path of 'good' and 'evil', represented by the contrasting figures of Ahura Mazda and Ahriman, inspired thinkers as diverse as Voltaire, Mozart and Nietzsche. Jenny Rose shows why Zoroastrianism remains one of the world's most inspiring and perennially fascinating systems of ethics and belief.