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Presents the comprehensive English-language survey of Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest living religions. This book 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.

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Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors ix

Acknowledgments xi

Aims and Scope xiii

A Note on Transcriptions xix

Abbreviations xxiii

Introduction: Scholarship on Zoroastrianism 1
Michael Stausberg and Yuhan Sohrab‐Dinshaw Vevaina

Part I Zarathustra Revisited 19

1 Zarathustra’s Time and Homeland: Geographical Perspectives 21
Frantz Grenet

2 Zarathustra’s Time and Homeland: Linguistic Perspectives 31
Almut Hintze

3 Interpretations of Zarathustra and the Gāthās 39

a The Gāthās 39
Helmut Humbach

b The Gāthās, Said to Be of Zarathustra 44
Jean Kellens

c Dimensions of the Gāthās as Poetry 51
Martin Schwartz

d The Gāthās as Myth and Ritual 59
Prods Oktor Skjarvo

4 Zarathustra: Post-Gathic Trajectories 69
Michael Stausberg

Part II Periods, Regions, and Contexts 83

5 Religion and Politics in Pre‐Islamic Iran 85
Albert de Jong

6 Zoroastrianism under Islamic Rule 103
Touraj Daryaee

7 Armenian and Georgian Zoroastrianism 119
Albert de Jong

8 Zoroastrianism in Central Asia 129
Frantz Grenet

9 Zoroastrianism in the Far East 147
Takeshi Aoki

10 The Parsis 157
John R. Hinnells

11 Zoroastrians in Modern Iran 173
Michael Stausberg

12 The Zoroastrian Diaspora 191
John R. Hinnells

Part III Structures, Discourses, and Dimensions 209

13 Theologies and Hermeneutics 211
Yuhan Sohrab‐Dinshaw Vevaina

14 Cosmologies and Astrology 235
Antonio Panaino

15 Myths, Legends, Eschatologies 259
Carlo G. Cereti

16 Gender 273
Jenny Rose

17 Law in Pre‐Modern Zoroastrianism 289
Maria Macuch

18 Law and Modern Zoroastrians 299
Mitra Sharafi

Part IV Practices and Sites 313

19 Ethics 315
Alberto Cantera

20 Prayer 333
Firoze M. Kotwal and Philip G. Kreyenbroek

21 Purity and Pollution / The Body 345
Alan V. Williams

22 Rituals 363
Michael Stausberg and Ramiyar P. Karanjia

23 Festivals and the Calendar 379
Jenny Rose

24 Religious Sites and Physical Structures 393
Jamsheed K. Choksy

Part V Intersections 407

25 Early India and Iran 409
Prods Oktor Skjarvo

26 Judaism 423
Yaakov Elman and Shai Secunda

27 The Classical World 437
Martin L. West

28 From Miθra to Roman Mithras 451
Richard L. Gordon

29 Christianity 457
Marco Frenschkowski

30 Manichaeism in Iran 477
Manfred Hutter

31 Islam 491
Shaul Shaked

32 The Yezidi and Yarsan Traditions 499
Philip G. Kreyenbroek

33 The Bahā’ī Faith 505
Moojan Momen

Part VI Primary Sources 517

34 Primary Sources: Avestan and Pahlavi 519
Miguel Ángel Andrés‐Toledo

35 Primary Sources: New Persian 529
Daniel J. Sheffield

36 Primary Sources: Gujarati 543
Daniel J. Sheffield

Bibliography 555

Index of People, Places, and Topics 629

Index Locorum 655

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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents the comprehensive English-language survey of Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest living religions. This book 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.

      Trade Review
      Review copy sent on 03.6.15 to Relgionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift Review copy sent on 20.5.15 to Reference Reviews Review copy sent on 20.4.15 to Digital Archive of Brief notes & Iran Review

      Table of Contents

      Notes on Contributors ix

      Acknowledgments xi

      Aims and Scope xiii

      A Note on Transcriptions xix

      Abbreviations xxiii

      Introduction: Scholarship on Zoroastrianism 1
      Michael Stausberg and Yuhan Sohrab‐Dinshaw Vevaina

      Part I Zarathustra Revisited 19

      1 Zarathustra’s Time and Homeland: Geographical Perspectives 21
      Frantz Grenet

      2 Zarathustra’s Time and Homeland: Linguistic Perspectives 31
      Almut Hintze

      3 Interpretations of Zarathustra and the Gāthās 39

      a The Gāthās 39
      Helmut Humbach

      b The Gāthās, Said to Be of Zarathustra 44
      Jean Kellens

      c Dimensions of the Gāthās as Poetry 51
      Martin Schwartz

      d The Gāthās as Myth and Ritual 59
      Prods Oktor Skjarvo

      4 Zarathustra: Post-Gathic Trajectories 69
      Michael Stausberg

      Part II Periods, Regions, and Contexts 83

      5 Religion and Politics in Pre‐Islamic Iran 85
      Albert de Jong

      6 Zoroastrianism under Islamic Rule 103
      Touraj Daryaee

      7 Armenian and Georgian Zoroastrianism 119
      Albert de Jong

      8 Zoroastrianism in Central Asia 129
      Frantz Grenet

      9 Zoroastrianism in the Far East 147
      Takeshi Aoki

      10 The Parsis 157
      John R. Hinnells

      11 Zoroastrians in Modern Iran 173
      Michael Stausberg

      12 The Zoroastrian Diaspora 191
      John R. Hinnells

      Part III Structures, Discourses, and Dimensions 209

      13 Theologies and Hermeneutics 211
      Yuhan Sohrab‐Dinshaw Vevaina

      14 Cosmologies and Astrology 235
      Antonio Panaino

      15 Myths, Legends, Eschatologies 259
      Carlo G. Cereti

      16 Gender 273
      Jenny Rose

      17 Law in Pre‐Modern Zoroastrianism 289
      Maria Macuch

      18 Law and Modern Zoroastrians 299
      Mitra Sharafi

      Part IV Practices and Sites 313

      19 Ethics 315
      Alberto Cantera

      20 Prayer 333
      Firoze M. Kotwal and Philip G. Kreyenbroek

      21 Purity and Pollution / The Body 345
      Alan V. Williams

      22 Rituals 363
      Michael Stausberg and Ramiyar P. Karanjia

      23 Festivals and the Calendar 379
      Jenny Rose

      24 Religious Sites and Physical Structures 393
      Jamsheed K. Choksy

      Part V Intersections 407

      25 Early India and Iran 409
      Prods Oktor Skjarvo

      26 Judaism 423
      Yaakov Elman and Shai Secunda

      27 The Classical World 437
      Martin L. West

      28 From Miθra to Roman Mithras 451
      Richard L. Gordon

      29 Christianity 457
      Marco Frenschkowski

      30 Manichaeism in Iran 477
      Manfred Hutter

      31 Islam 491
      Shaul Shaked

      32 The Yezidi and Yarsan Traditions 499
      Philip G. Kreyenbroek

      33 The Bahā’ī Faith 505
      Moojan Momen

      Part VI Primary Sources 517

      34 Primary Sources: Avestan and Pahlavi 519
      Miguel Ángel Andrés‐Toledo

      35 Primary Sources: New Persian 529
      Daniel J. Sheffield

      36 Primary Sources: Gujarati 543
      Daniel J. Sheffield

      Bibliography 555

      Index of People, Places, and Topics 629

      Index Locorum 655

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