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Zoroastrianism : an introduction /
"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, or--in the old Avestan language--Zarathustra) still practise the ritua...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York : New York :
I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the U.S. and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
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| Colección: | I.B. Tauris introductions to religion.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Maps; Zoroastrianism: An Introduction; I. Zoroastrians Present and Past; II. The Ancient Persians: Truth-Tellers and Paradise-Builders; III. A Zoroastrian Presence from Seleucia to Sistan: The Parthian Period; IV. Eranshahr: The Sasanian Center of the World; V. The Zoroastrians of Central Asia; VI. Gabr-Mahalle: Zoroastrians in Islamic Iran; VII. Parsipanu: Zoroastrianism in India; VIII. Zoroastrians Present: Revisited; IX. Zarathushtra Present and Past; Appendix 1
- Textual Timeline; Appendix 2
- The Five Gathas.
- Appendix 3
- Outline of the YasnaAppendix 4
- A Selective Historical Timeline; Glossary of Names and Terms; Illustration, Map and Picture Credits; Notes; Select Resources; Index.