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The Zoroastrian Flame: Exploring Religion, History and Tradition
Stewart Sarah And Wi
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Description for The Zoroastrian Flame: Exploring Religion, History and Tradition
Hardcover. Zoroastrianism has always commanded interest way beyond the circles of its actual adherents. Its unbroken history, remarkable texts and distinctive beliefs span three millennia, making it one of the world's most venerable faiths. Editor(s): Stewart, Sarah; Williams, Alan; Hintze, Almut. Num Pages: 384 pages, 40 bw integrated, 10 colour in 8pp plates. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRKZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 25.
For many centuries, from the birth of the religion late in the second millennium BC to its influence on the Achaemenids and later adoption in the third century AD as the state religion of the Sasanian Empire, it enjoyed imperial patronage and profoundly shaped the culture of antiquity. The Magi of the New Testament most probably were Zoroastrian priests from the Iranian world, while the enigmatic figure of Zarathushtra (or Zoroaster) himself has exerted continual fascination in the West, influencing creative artists as diverse as Voltaire, Nietzsche, Mozart and Yeats. This authoritative volume brings together internationally recognised scholars to explore ... Read more
For many centuries, from the birth of the religion late in the second millennium BC to its influence on the Achaemenids and later adoption in the third century AD as the state religion of the Sasanian Empire, it enjoyed imperial patronage and profoundly shaped the culture of antiquity. The Magi of the New Testament most probably were Zoroastrian priests from the Iranian world, while the enigmatic figure of Zarathushtra (or Zoroaster) himself has exerted continual fascination in the West, influencing creative artists as diverse as Voltaire, Nietzsche, Mozart and Yeats. This authoritative volume brings together internationally recognised scholars to explore ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784536336
SKU
V9781784536336
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About Stewart Sarah And Wi
Alan Williams is Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Religion at the University of Manchester and a British Academy Wolfson Professor from 2013-2016. His publications include The Zoroastrian Myth of Migration from Iran and Settlement in the Indian Diaspora (2009) and The Vision of Rumi: Revealing the Masnavi, Persia's Great Masterpiece (I.B.Tauris, 2016). Sarah Stewart is Lecturer in Zoroastrianism at ... Read more
Reviews for The Zoroastrian Flame: Exploring Religion, History and Tradition
This impressive multi-authored volume by internationally renowned specialists embraces a large range of topics crucial to our understanding of one of the world's oldest yet still living religious traditions. Covering the huge timespan of three millennia, Zoroastrianism - the ancient Iranian religion - has not only shown surprising longevity among its adherents in Iran and India, but has also continually ... Read more