From Zoroastrian Iran to Islam
Studies in Religious History and Intercultural Contacts
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:14th Sep '95
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The book deals with some major aspects of Zoroastrianism in Iran during the Sasanian period, including the important distinctions between the spritual and the material modes of existence, the idea that Ahreman, the Evil Spirit, does not belong in the material world, and the widely current myth of Zurvan. The volume also deals with the impact of some Zoroastrian themes on Islam, such as the twin relationship between state and religion, throwing light on both the Iranian themes and their borrowing into Islamic literature.
’Shaked is an excellent historian of religion, and the 12 articles reproduced here are of impeccable quality.’ Bulletin of the Middle East Studies Association '[T]his collection can be consulted with profit and with stimulus to the mind by both historians of religion and students of cultural cross-currents.' Journal of Semitic Studies
ISBN: 9780860785392
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 453g
336 pages