Zoroastrianism: A Guide for the Perplexed

by Jenny Rose

Book Overview

The significance of the Zoroastrian religion in the development of the history of thought is often only mentioned in passing, or is completely overlooked. Zoroastrianism has developed over a span of at least three thousand years, with roots in a common Indo-Iranian culture and mythology, then becoming part of imperial Iranian ideology within an Ancient Near Eastern setting, and emerging in variant forms in western and central Asia in late antiquity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441113797
• ISBN13: 9781441113795
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"