This book presents a comparative analysis of the judiciary in the Islamic, Jewish and Zoroastrian legal systems. It compares postulations of legal theory to legal practice in order to show that social practice can diverge significantly from religious and legal principles. It thu…
"Patricia Crone's latest book is about the Iranian response to the Muslim penetration of the Iranian countryside, the revolts subsequently triggered there, and the religious communities that these revolts revealed. The book also describes a complex of religious ideas that, howev…
Guerriers d'Iran: traductions annotées des textes avestiques du cul…
by Pirart, Eric
fromKubaba
Avesta: Zerdüştilerin kutsal metinleri
by Adsay, Fahriye, Keskin, Abdullah, Bingöl, İbrahim
fromAvesta Yayınları
"This fascinating volume consists of articles by world-renowned scholars of Zoroastrian, Iranian, Parsi, and Jewish studies. The topics covered range from the prophet Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) and the ancient Indo-Iranians to the modern Zoroastrians and Jews of Iran and India. In…
"This fascinating volume consists of articles by world-renowned scholars of Zoroastrian, Iranian, Parsi, and Jewish studies. The topics covered range from the prophet Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) and the ancient Indo-Iranians to the modern Zoroastrians and Jews of Iran and India. In…
"The Sasanian Empire was home to many religious communities. It was also a place of meeting and transformation. It was where old religions met more recent arrivals, and where both new and old were transformed as a result of this contact. While some religious communities shared m…
Monotheistic thesis -- Ahura-cult thesis -- Ethno-historical thesis -- Ritualistic thesis -- The choice -- The Daeva cult -- Chthonic features of the Daeva cult -- The nocturnal rite -- The Greek mysteries -- The Magi in Heraclitus and the derveni author -- The divine man, the g…