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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism


The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism


Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion 1. Aufl.

von: Michael Stausberg, Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina, Anna Tessmann

36,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 23.03.2015
ISBN/EAN: 9781118785508
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 704

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<p><b>This is the first ever comprehensive English-language survey of Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest living religions</b></p> <ul> <li>Evenly divided into five thematic sections beginning with an introduction to Zoroaster/Zarathustra and concluding with the intersections of Zoroastrianism and other religions</li> <li>Reflects the global nature of Zoroastrian studies with contributions from 34 international authorities from 10 countries</li> <li>Presents Zoroastrianism as a cluster of dynamic historical and contextualized phenomena, reflecting the current trend to move away from textual essentialism in the study of religion</li> </ul>
Notes on Contributors ix <p>Acknowledgments xi</p> <p>Aims and Scope xiii</p> <p>A Note on Transcriptions xix</p> <p>Abbreviations xxiii</p> <p>Introduction: Scholarship on Zoroastrianism 1<br /><i>Michael Stausberg and Yuhan Sohrab‐Dinshaw Vevaina</i></p> <p><b>Part I Zarathustra Revisited 19</b></p> <p>1 Zarathustra’s Time and Homeland: Geographical Perspectives 21<br /><i>Frantz Grenet</i></p> <p>2 Zarathustra’s Time and Homeland: Linguistic Perspectives 31<br /><i>Almut Hintze</i></p> <p>3 Interpretations of Zarathustra and the Gat̄ hās 39 a The Gat̄ has̄ 39<br /><i>Helmut Humbach</i></p> <p>b The Gāthās, Said to Be of Zarathustra 44<br /><i>Jean Kellens</i></p> <p>c Dimensions of the Gāthās as Poetry 51<br /><i>Martin Schwartz</i></p> <p>d The Gāthās as Myth and Ritual 59<br /><i>Prods Oktor Skjærvø</i></p> <p>4 Zarathustra: Post-Gathic Trajectories 69<br /><i>Michael Stausberg</i></p> <p><b>Part II Periods, Regions, and Contexts 83</b></p> <p>5 Religion and Politics in Pre‐Islamic Iran 85<br /><i>Albert de Jong</i></p> <p>6 Zoroastrianism under Islamic Rule 103<br /><i>Touraj Daryaee</i></p> <p>7 Armenian and Georgian Zoroastrianism 119<br /><i>Albert de Jong</i></p> <p>8 Zoroastrianism in Central Asia 129<br /><i>Frantz Grenet</i></p> <p>9 Zoroastrianism in the Far East 147<br /><i>Takeshi Aoki</i></p> <p>10 The Parsis 157<br /><i>John R. Hinnells</i></p> <p>11 Zoroastrians in Modern Iran 173<br /><i>Michael Stausberg</i></p> <p>12 The Zoroastrian Diaspora 191<br /><i>John R. Hinnells</i></p> <p><b>Part III Structures, Discourses, and Dimensions 209</b></p> <p>13 Theologies and Hermeneutics 211<br /><i>Yuhan Sohrab‐Dinshaw Vevaina</i></p> <p>14 Cosmologies and Astrology 235<br /><i>Antonio Panaino</i></p> <p>15 Myths, Legends, Eschatologies 259<br /><i>Carlo G. Cereti</i></p> <p>16 Gender 273<br /><i>Jenny Rose</i></p> <p>17 Law in Pre‐Modern Zoroastrianism 289<br /><i>Maria Macuch</i></p> <p>18 Law and Modern Zoroastrians 299<br /><i>Mitra Sharafi</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Practices and Sites 313</b></p> <p>19 Ethics 315<br /><i>Alberto Cantera</i></p> <p>20 Prayer 333<br /><i>Firoze M. Kotwal and Philip G. Kreyenbroek</i></p> <p>21 Purity and Pollution / The Body 345<br /><i>Alan V. Williams</i></p> <p>22 Rituals 363<br /><i>Michael Stausberg and Ramiyar P. Karanjia</i></p> <p>23 Festivals and the Calendar 379<br /><i>Jenny Rose</i></p> <p>24 Religious Sites and Physical Structures 393<br /><i>Jamsheed K. Choksy</i></p> <p><b>Part V Intersections 407</b></p> <p>25 Early India and Iran 409<br /><i>Prods Oktor Skjærvø</i></p> <p>26 Judaism 423<br /><i>Yaakov Elman and Shai Secunda</i></p> <p>27 The Classical World 437<br /><i>Martin L. West</i></p> <p>28 From Miθra to Roman Mithras 451<br /><i>Richard L. Gordon</i></p> <p>29 Christianity 457<br /><i>Marco Frenschkowski</i></p> <p>30 Manichaeism in Iran 477<br /><i>Manfred Hutter</i></p> <p>31 Islam 491<br /><i>Shaul Shaked</i></p> <p>32 The Yezidi and Yarsan Traditions 499<br /><i>Philip G. Kreyenbroek</i></p> <p>33 The Bahā’ı ̄ Faith 505<br /><i>Moojan Momen</i></p> <p><b>Part VI Primary Sources 517</b></p> <p>34 Primary Sources: Avestan and Pahlavi 519<br /><i>Miguel Ángel Andrés‐Toledo</i></p> <p>35 Primary Sources: New Persian 529<br /><i>Daniel J. Sheffield</i></p> <p>36 Primary Sources: Gujarati 543<br /><i>Daniel J. Sheffield</i></p> <p>Bibliography 555</p> <p>Index of People, Places, and Topics 629</p> <p>Index Locorum 655</p>
<p>Review copy sent on 20.5.15 to Reference Reviews<br /><br />Review copy sent on 20.4.15 to Digital Archive of Brief notes & Iran Review</p> <p> </p>
<p><b>Michael Stausberg</b> is Professor of Religion at the University of Bergen and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. His books in English include <i>Religion and Tourism: Crossroads, Destinations, and Encounters</i> (2011), <i>Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism</i> (2008), and as editor or co-editor <i>Defining Magic</i> (2013), <i>The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religions </i>(2011), <i>Contemporary Theories of Religion </i>(2009) and <i>Theorizing Rituals </i>(2 vols., 2006/2007). Dr. Stausberg has published widely on Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism in German; he is co-editor, with Steven Engler, of the journal <i>Religion</i>.</p> <p><b>Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina</b> is a Lecturer in Religious Studies at Stanford University. After completing his Ph.D. in 2007 at Harvard University, he served as Postdoctoral Fellow in the Undergraduate Core Curriculum and as the Lecturer on Old Iranian in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Dr. Vevaina is the author of several articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes and in 2010 he received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities, U.S.A. He is currently working on a book project on Zoroastrian hermeneutics in Late Antiquity.</p>
<p>Zoroastrianism is one of the oldest living religions. It is widely considered by scholars to have had a profound impact on the religious history of the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and the development of the field of comparative religions.</p> <p>This book represents the first comprehensive English-language survey of Zoroastrianism ever published. With contributions from 33 international scholars from 10 countries, <i>The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism</i> is evenly divided into six thematic sections, containing discussion of Zoroaster/Zarathustra, historical and regional surveys, topical and thematic discussions, analyses of the intersection of Zoroastrianism and nine other religions and cultures, and concluding with a survey of primary sources.</p> <p>Reflecting the current trend in the study of religion to move away from purely textualist and essentialist views of religious traditions, the Companion presents Zoroastrianism as a cluster of dynamic historical and contextualized phenomena. This accessible and interdisciplinary handbook of Zoroastrian studies will be essential reading for anyone interested in better understanding one of the world’s oldest and most influential religions.</p>
<p>The editors of the Wiley <i>Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism</i> ought to be lauded for presenting a superb compendium on the state of scholarship in Zoroastrian Studies. Not only does its treatment of more traditional questions pertaining to Zarathustra’s time, homeland, and <i>Gatha</i>s evince new and refreshing insights, but an array of novel inquiries into Zoroastrian hermeneutics and cosmogonies, or the issue of gender, provides for an exciting and stimulating read. Altogether, the Wiley <i>Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism</i> is a <i>must</i> for the informed and specialized reader alike, and a major contribution to the field for many years to come.<br />M. Rahim Shayegan, UCLA</p>

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