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Author : Mary Boyce
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004065062
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (65 download)
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:
Author : Mary Boyce
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004293906
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book A History of Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrianism under the Achaemenians written by Mary Boyce and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preliminary material -- THE BACKGROUND -- THE PRE-ZOROASTRIAN RELIGION OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS -- THE SPREAD OF ZOROASTRIANISM IN WESTERN IRAN -- CYRUS THE GREAT (550-530 B.C.) -- CAMBYSES (530-522 B.C.) -- BARDIYA AND 'GAUMĀTA THE MAGUS' (522 B.C.) -- DARIUS THE GREAT (522-486 B.C.) -- FINDS OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST AT PERSEPOLIS -- CONTACTS AND INFLUENCES IN IONIA IN THE MEDIAN AND EARLY ACHAEMENIAN PERIODS -- XERXES (486-465 B.C.) -- ARTAXERXES I (465-424 B.C.) -- DARIUS II (423-404 B.C.) -- ARTAXERXES II (404-358 B.C.) -- ARTAXERXES III (358-338 B.C.) -- DARIUS III (336-331 B.C.) -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Author : Mary Boyce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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:
Author : Mary Boyce
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004293914
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book A History of Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrianism under Macedonian and Roman Rule written by Mary Boyce and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 616 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.
Author : Mary Boyce
Publisher : E.J. Brill
ISBN 13 : 9789004065062
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (65 download)
Download or read book A History of Zoroastrianism written by Mary Boyce and published by E.J. Brill. This book was released on 1982 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bruno Jacobs
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119174287
Total Pages : 1747 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)
Download or read book A Companion to the Achaemenid Persian Empire, 2 Volume Set written by Bruno Jacobs and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 1747 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A COMPANION TO THE ACHAEMENID PERSIAN EMPIRE A comprehensive review of the political, cultural, social, economic and religious history of the Achaemenid Empirem Often called the first world empire, the Achaemenid Empire is rooted in older Near Eastern traditions. A Companion to the Achaemenid Persian Empire offers a perspective in which the history of the empire is embedded in the preceding and subsequent epochs. In this way, the traditions that shaped the Achaemenid Empire become as visible as the powerful impact it had on further historical development. But the work does not only break new ground in this respect, but also in the fact that, in addition to written testimonies of all kinds, it also considers material tradition as an equal factor in historical reconstruction. This comprehensive two-volume set features contributions by internationally-recognized experts that offer balanced coverage of the whole of the empire from Anatolia and Egypt across western Asia to northern India and Central Asia. Comprehensive in scope, the Companion provides readers with a panoramic view of the diversity, richness, and complexity of the Achaemenid Empire, dealing with all the many aspects of history, event history, administration, economy, society, communication, art, science and religion, illustrating the multifaceted nature of the first true empire. A unique historical account presented in its multiregional dimensions, this important resource deals with many aspects of history, administration, economy, society, communication, art, science and religion it deals with topics that have only recently attracted interest such as court life, leisure activities, gender roles, and more examines a variety of available sources to consider those predecessors who influenced Achaemenid structure, ideology, and self-expression contains the study of Nachleben and the history of perception up to the present day offers a spectrum of opinions in disputed fields of research, such as the interpretation of the imagery of Achaemenid art, or questions of religion includes extensive bibliographies in each chapter for use as starting points for further research devotes special interest to the east of the empire, which is often neglected in comparison to the western territories Part of the acclaimed Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World series, A Companion to the Achaemenid Persian Empire is an indispensable work for students, instructors, and scholars of Persian and ancient world history, particularly the First Persian Empire.
Author : Mary Boyce
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004088474
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (884 download)
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.
Author : Mary Boyce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A History of Zoroastrianism: Under the Achaemenians written by Mary Boyce and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christopher Tuplin
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783515069014
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (69 download)
Download or read book Achaemenid Studies written by Christopher Tuplin and published by Franz Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 1996 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aus dem Inhalt: Cyprus before and under the Achaemenids: Problems in Chronology, Strategy, Assimilation and Ethnicity u The Parks and Gardens of the Achaemenid Empire u The Place of Persia in Athenian Literatur: Tragedy, Persian Landscape and Geography, Comedy, Orators and Philosophers, General Observations u Appendix: The Location of Places Mentioned in the Fortification Archive u Bibliography u Index. (Franz Steiner 1996)
Author : S. K. Mendoza Forrest
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292742495
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Witches, Whores, and Sorcerers written by S. K. Mendoza Forrest and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Iranians believed evil had to have a source outside of God, which led to the concept of an entity as powerful and utterly evil as God is potent and good. These two forces, good and evil, which have always vied for superiority, needed helpers in this struggle. According to the Zoroastrians, every entity had to take sides, from the cosmic level to the microcosmic self. One of the results of this battle was that certain humans were thought to side with evil. Who were these allies of that great Evil Spirit? Women were inordinately singled out. Male healers were forbidden to deal with female health disorders because of the fear of the polluting power of feminine blood. Female healers, midwives, and shamans were among those who were accused of collaborating with the Evil Spirit, because they healed women. Men who worked to prepare the dead were also suspected of secret evil. Evil even showed up as animals such as frogs, snakes, and bugs of all sorts, which scuttled to the command of their wicked masters. This first comprehensive study of the concept of evil in early Iran uncovers details of the Iranian struggle against witchcraft, sorcery, and other "evils," beginning with their earliest texts.
Author : Mary Boyce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780939214907
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (149 download)
Download or read book Zoroastrianism written by Mary Boyce and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pheroza Godrej
Publisher : Mapin Publishing Pvt
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book A Zoroastrian Tapestry written by Pheroza Godrej and published by Mapin Publishing Pvt. This book was released on 2002 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With special reference of Zoroastrians/Parsees development in Iran and India, particularly in Mumbai.
Author : A. T. Olmstead
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226826333
Total Pages : 671 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)
Download or read book History of the Persian Empire written by A. T. Olmstead and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-08-29 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of a lifetime of study of the ancient Near East, Professor Olmstead has gathered previously unknown material into the story of the life, times, and thought of the Persians, told for the first time from the Persian rather than the traditional Greek point of view. "The fullest and most reliable presentation of the history of the Persian Empire in existence."—M. Rostovtzeff
Author : Jenny Rose
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857719718
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book Zoroastrianism written by Jenny Rose and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-02 with total page 329 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 Gujurati-speaking community of exiles 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.
Author : Maurits Nanning Van Loon
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004071056
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Anatolia in the Second Millennium B.C. written by Maurits Nanning Van Loon and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1985 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004293965
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Judaism in Late Antiquity 2. Historical Syntheses written by Jacob Neusner and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These two volumes introduce the sources of Judaism in late antiquity to scholars in adjacent fields, such as the study of the Old and New Testaments, ancient history of Classical Antiquity, earliest Christianity, the ancient Near East, and the history of religion. Here, in two volumes, leading American, Israeli, and European specialists in the history, literature, theology, and archaeology of Judaism offer factual answers to the two questions that the study of any religion in ancient times must raise. The first is, what are the sources — written and in material culture — that inform us about that religion? The second is, how do we understand those sources in the reconstruction of the history of various Judaic systems in antiquity. The chapters set forth in simple statements, intelligible for non-specialists, the facts the sources provide. Because of the nature of the subject and acute interest in it, we also raise some questions particular to the study of Judaism, those dealing with its historical relationship with nascent Christianity in New Testament times. The work forms the starting point for the study of all the principal questions concerning Judaism in late antiquity and sets forth the most current, critical results of scholarship.
Author : Michael Stausberg
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444331353
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)
Download or read book The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism written by Michael Stausberg and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-06-22 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first ever comprehensive English-language survey of Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest living religions Evenly divided into five thematic sections beginning with an introduction to Zoroaster/Zarathustra and concluding with the intersections of Zoroastrianism and other religions Reflects the global nature of Zoroastrian studies with contributions from 34 international authorities from 10 countries Presents Zoroastrianism as a cluster of dynamic historical and contextualized phenomena, reflecting the current trend to move away from textual essentialism in the study of religion
