Download or read book The Denkard of Zoroastrianism Volume Two written by Athravan Ashem and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Denkard is a religious composition summarizing key knowledge of Zoroastrianism. It was composed during the 900's A.D. in the Pahlavi language, and is attributed to various Zoroastrian authors and eminent scholars of that time period. The Denkard of Zoroastrianism Volume Two includes all of the remaining Denkard not included in Volume One, namely Books Four through Nine. Books Four through Six provide further insights of Zoroastrian beliefs, customs, and wisdom (including questions by a Christian and answers); Book Seven describes marvels of the Good Religion; and Books Eight and Nine provide summaries and details of the lost Ancient Avesta Nasks. This volume provides high value information, presented in a rational and respectful manner spiritual concepts of the doctrines, beliefs, and perspectives set forth in the Avesta and Gathas of Zarathushtra. This volume has been carefully and lovingly edited by Alan Lewis Silva from public domain translations. The font is large and easy to read, many typo's and typographical inconsistencies have been corrected, and the overall orientation is designed to be easily accessible for anyone interested in learning more about Zoroastrianism and God.
Download or read book The Denkard of Zoroastrianism Volume One written by Athravan Ashem and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Denkard is a religious composition summarizing key knowledge of Zoroastrianism. It was composed during the 900's A.D. in the Pahlavi language, and is attributed to various Zoroastrian authors and eminent scholars of that time period. The Denkard of Zoroastrianism Volume One includes all of the Denkard's Book Three, its lengthiest section, providing fascinating answers to diverse and intriguing questions of the Good Religion. This volume provides high value information, describing in a rational and philosophical manner spiritual concepts of the doctrines and beliefs, conduct and instructions, and perspectives set forth in the Avesta and Gathas of Zarathushtra. This volume has been carefully and lovingly edited by Alan Lewis Silva from public domain translations. The font is large and easy to read, many typo's and typographical inconsistencies have been corrected, and the overall orientation is designed to be easily accessible for anyone interested in learning more about Zoroastrianism and God.
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:
Download or read book Encyclopedia Iranica written by Ehsan Yarshater and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1982 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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.
Download or read book Zoroastrian Faith written by Solomon Alexander Nigosian and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1993 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of Zoroastrianism's role in the development of the world's religions. Explores Zoroaster's life and work, describes the sacred writings and religious documents of the faith, and analyzes the basic Zoroastrian beliefs and their influence on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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
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.
Download or read book The Book of Arda Viraf written by and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Early Islamic Iran written by Edmund Herzig and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Iran remain distinctively Iranian in the centuries which followed the Arab Conquest? How did it retain its cultural distinctiveness after the displacement of Zoroastrianism - state religion of the Persian empire - by Islam? This latest volume in "The Idea of Iran" series traces that critical moment in Iranian history which followed the transformation of ancient traditions during the country's conversion and initial Islamic period. Distinguished contributors (who include the late Oleg Grabar, Roy Mottahedeh, Alan Williams and Said Amir Arjomand) discuss, from a variety of literary, artistic, religious and cultural perspectives, the years around the end of the first millennium CE, when the political strength of the 'Abbasid Caliphate was on the wane, and when the eastern lands of the Islamic empire began to be take on a fresh 'Persianate' or 'Perso-Islamic' character. One of the paradoxes of this era is that the establishment throughout the eastern Islamic territories of new Turkish dynasties coincided with the genesis and spread, into Central and South Asia, of vibrant new Persian language and literatures. Exploring the nature of this paradox, separate chapters engage with ideas of kingship, authority and identity and their fascinating expression through the written word, architecture and the visual arts.
Download or read book Pahlavi Texts written by Edward William West and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1892.
Download or read book Zoroastrianism Ancient and Modern written by Phiroze Shapurji Masani and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zurvan written by Robert Charles Zaehner and published by Biblo & Tannen Publishers. This book was released on 1972 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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:
Download or read book The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Parsees written by Jivanji Jamshedji Modi and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Transmission of the Avesta written by Alberto Cantera and published by Harrassowitz. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Avesta is a collection of liturgical texts considered as their sacred book by the Zoroastrian community. It contains the recitatives of the Zoroastrian liturgies still celebrated in the 17th century, some of them even celebrated until today. The texts integrated in these ceremonies were composed in different places and at different times, and transmitted orally for centuries. The exact date of the fixation of the ceremonies in the shape in which they are presented in the manuscripts and the creation of the different manuscripts is unknown. But today it is proven that even after the creation of the first manuscripts, the transmission of these liturgical texts was the result of a complicated process in which not only the process of copying manuscripts but also the ritual practice and the ritual teaching were involved. The only deep analysis of the written transmission of the Avesta was made by K. F. Geldner as Prolegomena to his edition of the Avesta. Since then, many new manuscripts have appeared. In Poets, Priests, Scribes and Librarians contributions by the main experts in the transmission of the Avesta are gathered: the oral transmission, the fixation of the different collections, the first writing down, and the manuscripts. Special interest is devoted to the manuscripts. Some contributions of the volume were presented at the correspondent colloquium held in Salamanca, September 2009; others were added in order to make of the volume a comprehensive work on the different aspects of the Avestan transmission.
Download or read book A History of Zoroastrianism The Early Period written by Mary Boyce and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preliminary material -- GENERAL -- THE GODS OF PAGAN IRAN -- DEMONS AND EVIL-DOING, FABULOUS CREATURES, FIRST MEN AND HEROES -- DEATH, THE HEREAFTER AND FUNERAL RITES -- THE NATURE OF THE WORLD AND ITS ORIGINS -- THE PAGAN CULT -- ZOROASTER -- AHURA MAZDĀ, ANGRA MAINYU AND THE BOUNTEOUS IMMORTALS -- THE TWO STATES AND THE THREE TIMES -- THE UNRECORDED CENTURIES -- THE LEGENDS OF ZOROASTER AND HIS SONS -- THE LAWS OF PURITY -- THE ZOROASTRIAN FUNERAL RITES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA.
