A History of Zoroastrianism: Volume 1, The Early Period (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik) - Hardcover

Boyce, Mary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004104747 ISBN 13: 9789004104747

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 1996

Synopsis

This volume is part of a three-volume work tracing the history of Zoroastrianism. In the set, literary, archaeological and numismatic evidence is drawn on and local developments are explored. Study is made of the Zoroastrian contributions to Hellenistic thought and to Judaism, Christianity and Mithraism. An excursus provides a reassessment of the Zoroastrian pseudepigrapha.

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Review

'...the first important original interpretation of early Iranian religion to have appeared in English.'
J.C. Wright, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1977.
'...will be invaluable to all Iranianists and other scholars interested in the developments of human thought and religious ideology.'
Mansour Shaki, Archiv Orientúlnľ , 1978.
'...will be welcomed by many who have long awaited a modern study of this kind...'
G. Morrison, Society for Old Testament Study Booklist, 1977.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 9004104747
• ISBN 13: 9789004104747
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 368