This introduction to Zoroastrianism includes a discussion of the relationship between Zoroastrianism and Christianity.
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.
A translation and analysis of the only existent Sasanian law text and two Rivayats from the first half of the 9th and 10th centuries. The author shows how the social conditions and internal family economy changed in order to help preserve the Zoroastrian minority in adversity under Arab rule.
This text on Zoroastrians in Britain should be of interest to scholars and students of comparative or world religion, and to orientalists and sociologists.
Zoroastrianism is of enormous importance in the history of religions. It became the state religion of the three great Iranian empires and influenced other world faiths: northern Buddhism and Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Dr Gershevitch here reproduces Geldner's text and critical apparatus of the Hymn, adding his own introduction, translation and commentary.
Offers a survey of Zoroastrianism. This book addresses Zarathustra and the origins of the religion, religious concepts and narratives, ethics and gender, priesthoods and rituals, transitions and festivals. It also discusses the influences of Zoroastrianism on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.